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The Bread Trilogy
Most of the time my recipes come from a desire to avoid a store bought food item. Usually it ends up saving money, gives better flavor, and gets rid of all the extra ingredients that companies use for things like texture and freshness. We recently moved to Japan and bread at the American commissary is much more expensive and the quality is lacking. While I do love the bread at the local grocery stores, the situation pushed me to come up with a sandwich bread recipe we enjoy. Now to be honest, if you are looking for a recipe that will perfectly replicate commercial bread, this just won’t happen. Some…
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Classic White Sandwich Bread
This recipe will make two loaves of bread. Ingredients 6 cups of all purpose flour 1 cup of whole milk 1 1/3 cups of warm water 8 tablespoons butter – melted 1/4 cup of sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 4 teaspoons active dry yeast Instructions First pour 6 cups of flour into a large mixing bowl, and remove 6 tablespoons of that flour and put it in a saucepan. Measure your water and take out about 1 cup of the water and pour it in with the 6TBS flour. (this is the start of the Tangzhong method). Cook the flour and water mixture over medium high heat, whisking the whole…
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Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread
This recipe will still use the base recipe that I use for the white bread, we are just going to add in the raisins and swirl! This recipe will make two loaves. Ingredients 6 cups of all purpose flour 1 cup of whole milk 1 1/3 cups of warm water 8 tablespoons butter – melted 1/4 cup of sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 4 teaspoons active dry yeast 2/3 cup raisins 2 bowls of cinnamon sugar – 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon per bowl. splash of milk Instructions First put the raisins in a bowl and cover with boiling water and let them soak. Pour 6 cups of…
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Wheat Bread
This is not 100% whole wheat, it incorporates whole wheat, but keeps enough all purpose flour to keep the texture soft and fluffy. This recipe will make 2 loaves. Ingredients 4 cups of all purpose flour 2 cups of whole wheat flour 1 cup of whole milk 1 1/3 cups of warm water 8 tablespoons butter – melted 1/4 cup of sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 4 teaspoons active dry yeast Instructions First pour the all purpose and wheat flour into a large mixing bowl, and remove 6 tablespoons of that flour and put it in a saucepan. Measure your water and take out about 1 cup of the water…
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