Many of us know what wheat bread bought in the store is (GOST 27842-88). It quickly molds, can sour, lose its softness in just a few hours ... Stop complaining about the quality of the purchased bread, fill your own life with new meaning, and the apartment with a special spirit and smell, start baking the bread yourself. This is not just cooking, it is a sacred action and a sacrament, epic, while everyday.
Myths about bread
Until recently, bread was perceived as life, power, mystery. In Jesus prayer, after praise, the God-man should be asked for bread. Its consumption a hundred years ago was about 1 kg per day per person.
Today, various guru-nutritionists urge us to abandon bread, claiming that it is evil. It has been proven that wheat causes various allergic reactions, yeast is included in the category of killers, salt plants the heart, kidneys, bone structure, dehydrates the body, and pure water generally does not exist in the public domain. Although in a situation of global moral decline, when a legitimate family has become unfashionable, raising and giving birth to children is a prestigious act, when no one wants to show warmth and generosity, like stones, which pour in the direction of bread are taken for granted.
We bake the bread ourselves
Now, throw this garbage out of your head and try to check yourself, in your experience, what happens to bread. Yes, this is the most common flour, water, salt and yeast. But that is not all. We will need more time and patience. But that is not all. You will have to learn to open your heart by putting the warmth of your soul into the dough through your hands. Making bread is always a mystery. Hindus call this phenomenon “prabhava” - a manifestation of their new essence, which cannot be created only by the mechanical summation of certain substances. In fact, if you don’t understand what bread is made of, you won’t understand right away: it is something special, warm, lively, fragrant.
But now you can go to the details. In bakery, it is very important not to repulse the desire to move forward with the first whitish, tasteless dense bricks, and also not to stop at them, rejoicing at the first fruits of their creativity.
Whole grain wheat bread
You will need:
- water (350 ml);
- salt (2/3 teaspoon);
- vegetable oil (1 tablespoon);
- molasses (1 tablespoon);
- yeast (1.5 tablespoons);
- whole grain wheat flour (500 g).
This is the most healthy wheat bread (recipe below) with an extraordinary grain flavor and aroma. His crumb crumbles.
Cooking
To get started, put the listed ingredients in the bread machine container. The stick should be dissolved previously in water. Choose a program for whole grain bread, as well as a medium crust.
Due to the presence of microelements, fiber and other benefits contained in whole grain flour, this product is suitable for people who choose healthy food for themselves. It must be emphasized that it normalizes the functioning of the intestines, and also helps to cleanse the human body of toxins.
Italian rye bread
You will need:
- vegetable oil (1 tablespoon);
- water (400 ml);
- wheat flour (240 g);
- salt (1.5 teaspoons);
- rye flour (240 g);
- a pinch of ascorbic acid;
- dry yeast (1.5 tablespoons).
Wheat-rye bread is distinguished by an airy, delicate, melting, elastic crumb, hidden under a crispy thin crust. Great product for breakfast, because it is very convenient to dip in sauce or jam, as well as make delicious sandwiches with it.
Cooking
Stir in a bowl water, yeast and flour, leave to swell for 20 minutes. Transfer the dough into a bread machine, add salt and ascorbic acid, which will help the dough keep its shape and remain elastic. Select a program for kneading the dough. 5 minutes before completing the batch add oil. Set aside the dough so that it rises 5 times. Next, select a program designed for baking bread for 50 minutes, in addition, an average crust.
Sour cream bread with dill / onion
You will need:
- sour cream (125 ml);
- water (115 ml);
- vegetable oil (2 tablespoons);
- salt (1 teaspoon);
- wheat flour (440 g);
- sugar (2.5 tablespoons);
- green onions and sesame / seeds (1 cup) or fresh dill (0.5 cups);
- dry yeast (2 tablespoons).
This is a magnificent, delicate, tasty, fragrant, soft bread made from wheat flour.
Cooking
Put all the ingredients except the seeds and onions in a container for the bread machine. Choose a program for bread, as well as a medium crust. Add dill or onion and sesame (or seeds) at the signal, only not more than a glass.
Challah
You will need:
- chilled melted butter (60 g);
- hot water (200 ml);
- beaten eggs (2 pcs.);
- wheat flour (500 g);
- salt (5 g);
- dry yeast (1.5 tablespoons);
- sugar (60 g).
This is a traditional Saturday festive Jewish wheat bread. Fragrant, light, nutritious, airy, soft challah per se is tasty and also great for sweet sandwiches.
Cooking
Such wheat bread must be baked immediately after all the ingredients have been placed in the container of the bread machine.
Mix the yeast with 160 g flour, sugar and salt. Put all the other ingredients in the container of the bread machine in the following order: water, butter, the rest of the flour, eggs, the resulting mixture with yeast. Turn on the program for baking butter / sweet bread, select the middle crust. After a while, you can appreciate how tasty such wheat bread is.
Mustard bread
You will need:
- mustard oil (40 g);
- water (290 ml);
- wheat flour (glass);
- salt (1 tablespoon);
- rye flour (glass);
- dry yeast (1.5 tablespoons);
- sugar (2 tablespoons).
This is a classic wheat-rye bread, which was previously sometimes sold in our stores. The crumb color is yellowish. Such pastries are very fragrant, sweet. Also, a slight bitterness may be felt in the aftertaste.
Cooking
Put the above ingredients in a container of breadmaker. Turn on the main baking program and dark crust. This wheat bread will amaze you with its aroma and very interesting taste.
Despite the words of scientists, baking from wheat flour does not lose its popularity. There are a lot of types of bread from it. Almost every country has its own national recipe based on it. In our country, it is customary to bake 2 types of bread - shaped and hearth. Moreover, these names determine only the baking form, there can be many recipes for products. Nuts, sugar, fruits and vegetables, spices and other ingredients are added to white baked goods, and this makes it an unusually attractive and tasty dish.
Enjoy your meal!