I got hooked on to baking cakes at a very young age, probably in my teens. Bread baking I discovered recently on Pinterest. I read many recipes and tried a few and developed the following after trying out some.
I tried several recipes but liked some by iheartnaptime.net some artisan no knead breads.I was somehow skeptical of baking breads, always of the opinion that my bread would not come out as it should. I felt it would turn out hard.
I decided to try out a no knead artisan bread. The result was simply awesome. I was encouraged and tried some more and every time the result was good.
Recipe :
All purpose flour 3 cups
Dry active yeast 21/2 tsp
Sugar 11/2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Cooking oil 2 tbl sps
Butter 1 tbl sp
Luke warm water 1/2 cups
Luke warm milk 1 cup
Method :
In a cup pour warm water, yeast and sugar and keep it aside to proof for 10-15 minutes.
The water should not be hot otherwise the yeast will not rise. After proofing your yeast should look like it is in the picture above.
Next, in a bowl put flour, salt and the cooking oil. Mix well. Pour the warm water with yeast and sugar into the flour and knead well. Slowly add the warm milk and form into a nice dough. If using a stand mixer put it on speed 1 and knead for about 7-10 minutes. Take it out and keep it a well greased bowl. Cover with a plastic wrap and keep it in a dry warm place to rise for an hour.
The second picture shows what the dough should look like once it has risen.
Take out the dough and roll it into a rectangle approximately 9'' long and 8''wide.
Then start rolling it into log shape.
Pinch the sides nicely and put the rolled dough in a well greased 9.5'' pan. Cover again with a plastic wrap and keep it aside to rise for another hour.
When it has risen well preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Brush the top with the melted butter and bake it for 20-25 minutes till the top crust is nice and brown and when tapped sounds hollow.
