Old-fashioned bread - a nostalgic classic that was once all the rage

Old-fashioned bread - a nostalgic classic that was once all the rage

Overview

This is a classic bread of Love and Freedom. It was once very popular. Many students who like bread praised it highly after trying it. It has also been in my heart for a long time. I finally took the opportunity last Sunday not to go back to my hometown. I had a whole day of freedom and the company of an oven, so I quickly pulled the plug. The dough I made this time was a little wet, so the pattern was not very clear when I was shaping it later. Fortunately, it tasted good in the end and the appearance was very attractive, especially when I brushed it with butter just after it was baked, the golden butter was so shiny. After a while, the butter brushed on it will be absorbed, and the surface will not look so bright. This bread is very fragrant and has a solid texture. It tastes better when you tear it apart. The recipe is for an 18cm square mold. If the high-gluten flour you have on hand is not particularly high in gluten, you can also reduce the proportion of low-gluten flour. You can reserve a portion of the water for the main dough according to the water absorption of the flour on hand to avoid adding the dough at once to make it too wet.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Use warm water in the starter, add yeast to melt, and mix other starter ingredients.

    Old-fashioned bread - a nostalgic classic that was once all the rage step 1

  2. Pour the yeast water into the other starter ingredients and mix well.

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  3. Keep it warm and moist until it swells and then falls back, forming a honeycomb shape inside.

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  4. Mix the main dough ingredients except butter.

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  5. Add the fermented starter.

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  6. The dough is kneaded to the expansion stage and has a smooth surface.

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  7. Add the butter and knead it into the expansion stage, then leave it in a warm place until it doubles in size.

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  8. Take out the dough that has risen, divide it into six parts evenly, take one part and immediately roll it into a strip of about 80cm, and fold it in half.

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  9. Hold the folded part with your left hand, and roll the noodles towards you with your right hand for about two turns.

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  10. Tuck the head of your right hand into the folded circle of your left hand.

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  11. Arrange in sequence into an oiled baking pan.

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  12. Finally ferment until doubled in size. Bake the middle and lower layers at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. Brush with a layer of butter immediately after taking them out of the oven.

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