How to Prepare a Delicious Bread: Tips and Ideas

The aroma of just baked, homemade bread with a crispy crust fills the rooms of the house, makes you remember the childhood and takes you back to grandma...



Do not be afraid to make it by yourself. To feel the dough with your fingers to make all the care and attention finally to put bread on the table that out to eat with family and friends is invaluable experience.
It is tentatively set to have fun, think positive and put your good feelings, while knead bread or cake because undoubtedly it will affect the taste.
Those of you who are first will knead well to begin with soda bread dough. It is not necessary to rise and can be baked immediately. For more advanced in this art are the recipes with yeast. This cooking is a bit long, but if you follow all the rules, you do not get it.

When the dough for bread or cake is important to know the following:

- The room in which the Messiah will be warm with unchanging temperature - about 26 degrees.
- All products at room temperature, not just removed from the refrigerator.
- It is better to use fresh, not dried yeast - with her result is always better. Be careful in life, it is soft and smells good.
- Make starter yeast, some warm milk or water (recipe) spoonful of sugar and a few tablespoons of flour. The liquid should be warm, but not hot, so as not to cross the yeast - about 37-40 degrees. Cover with stretch film and leave in a warm place for ten minutes while effervescent. To expedite the process, you can put the bowl in a larger container with warm water. Then there are added other products - even milk or water, flour lightly beaten egg and finally the oil.

- Oil and oil make the bread softer and delicious, but when used, they should be added last and parts to combine better with the dough.
- Do not overdo the salt. It influences the activity of the yeast makes the dough tightly and prevents its rapid rise.
- For kneading can use a mixer with a dough hook attachment. Or make a well in the flour and pour in all the products, initially stirring with a spoon, and when the dough is "engaged" to continue with the hand. It is always better to touch your hand to feel the hardness.
- It is important kneaded into a soft but not sticky dough. If you put more flour bread becomes hard.
Now comes the magic moment of souring.
- The dough needs time to rise. Normally it is expected to double its volume. The time for this varies according to the yeast used and the temperature of the room. There are several techniques rising.
Water bath: Leave the bowl with the dough (covered with stretch film or wet towel) to stand in the hot water long enough to visibly increase volume.
In the oven: Preheat oven to 50 ° C and place the cloth-covered bowl of dough until the dough volume noticeably increased. Leave ajar oven door using the handle of a wooden spoon to not get too hot and start baking.
In the fridge: Prepare the dough with yeast from cold products, smear it with oil. Leave it in the refrigerator overnight or for at least three hours in a bowl covered with stretch film.
Microwave Oven: Cover the bowl with the dough with a damp tea towel, because that it will not stick to the dough and will not dry the surface. Set the oven at 80 W up to 90 W and let the dough rise for about 8 minutes in microwave oven without the turntable turn the dough after about 4 min
You must wait dough rise better, but not prevtasva. To check whether it is ready for baking, press a finger - if the shape after pressure is restored quickly, you need more time if left indentation - time to bake.
For the second rising, after shaping the bread or bun, cover with a damp cloth.
Preheat oven to 220 ° C. Bake the bread for 3-4 minutes, then reduce the degrees of 175-180 ° C. Usually baking bread involved with kilo flour takes about an hour, but it is individual according to the recipe and the oven. Be careful not to overdo the bread, not to become dry and brittle.
When you bake a fan gets hard and thick crust. To soften the bread after removing it, spread with butter and wrap with a damp cloth.
If you want to get a crispy crust and shiny and soft and fluffy you can do the following thing. Leave the big pan from the oven to the lowest position inside while warming. Once you reach the desired temperature, place the pan with the bread in the preheated pan and pour half a liter of hot water. Be careful not to burn yourself, because the form hot steam. Quickly close the oven door. Once the bread is ready, do not cover with a towel to keep it crisp.
Do not disturb the bread before he traveled to the field. Just baked it needs to rest, not to be soggy and heavy. Break it when warm, but not hot.
Be sure to try this nice challenge. Knead bread with your hands, bake it and share it with your loved ones. Its aroma and taste will bring.