【Old-fashioned bread】

【Old-fashioned bread】

Overview

A very classic bread with a very soft texture and good drawing effect. It is the most delicious when you tear it in your hands and eat it. It is very suitable for breakfast or afternoon tea. Every time I make this bread, I always finish it quickly, so this time I made 400 grams of flour at once, filling a big plate.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare starter ingredients: 140g high flour, 60g low flour, 16g fine sugar, 4g yeast, 160g water. Mix all starter ingredients and stir evenly with chopsticks.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 1

  2. Cover with plastic wrap and ferment until about 2.5 times in size, the middle is filled with pores, and has slightly fallen back.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 2

  3. Weigh the ingredients in the main dough except unsalted butter (48g): 140g high flour, 60g low flour, 16g milk powder, 60g fine sugar, 3.5g salt, 60g whole eggs, and 36g water.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 3

  4. Add starter and mix well.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 4

  5. Use a bread machine or chef's machine to knead until the expansion stage, add butter, continue to knead until the complete stage, and then put it into a basin.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 5

  6. Cover with plastic wrap and ferment until it is 2 to 2.5 times its original size. After fermentation, stick flour on the dough with your fingers and poke a hole so that the hole does not collapse or shrink.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 6

  7. Take out the fermented dough, deflate it, and divide it into 9 equal parts. There is no need to round it out.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 7

  8. Take one portion and roll it into a long strip of about 30 cm.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 8

  9. Twist the two ends together and make a few turns (just like making twists), and pass the joint through the middle of the dough held in your left hand.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 9

  10. Prepare in sequence and place on baking sheet.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 10

  11. Cover with plastic wrap and ferment in a warm, humid place until doubled in size.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 11

  12. Start the oven at 160 degrees for 30 minutes.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 12

  13. After five minutes, the oven has finished preheating, and the bread dough is placed in the middle rack of the oven for baking.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 13

  14. Take out the baked bread and you can see that it is evenly colored.

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 14

  15. Brush the surface with a layer of melted butter while it's still hot. When it is dry to hand temperature, put it in a sealed bag

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 15

  16. Finished product pictures

    【Old-fashioned bread】 step 16