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Of All Smells: Bread



This is a very versatile recipe for a basic white bread dough. Dough is only 4 ingredients. It is how you work with the dough that makes all the difference.
Course Bread
Cuisine Canadian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Servings 12 buns
Author Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • 500 grams flour
  • 10 grams of salt
  • 10 grams of yeast (not instant)
  • 350 grams of tepid water

Instructions

Instructions for using the Thermomix:

  1. Scale flour and salt into TM bowl; combine for 5 seconds at speed 3.5
  2. Scale dry yeast granules into TM bowl, or same weight in wet yeast; combine for 5 seconds at speed 3.5
  3. Scale water into TM bowl; combine for 10 seconds at speed 4-5, until mixture starts clumping
  4. Set time for 3 minutes on knead; stay near the machine while it kneads the dough
  5. Remove from TM bowl; place in lightly floured bowl in warm dry place to proof for about an hour, or until until doubled in size
  6. Once doubled in size, carefully follow the instructions within the slide show below to make either bread or buns
  7. Let rise for 45 minutes and bake at 500 F for 12 minutes

Instructions without a Thermomix:

  1. Weighing flour for bread making is best; weigh flour into a large basin
  2. Add salt and combine; add dry yeast granules, or same weight in wet yeast; and combine with fingers working it into flour (salt and yeast should never touch when making dough)
  3. Weigh water; add water around edges of basin, using D-shaped spatula with your hand to work water into dry ingredients
  4. Mix water into flour thoroughly; this is a highly saturated dough (do not add more flour)
  5. Pour mixture onto working surface; using D-shaped spatula, gather all flour into dough and form a ball (it will be sticky)
  6. Dust hands lightly with flour; throw ball of dough onto counter in a circular motion, using both hands to gather it in, then throw it out onto the counter, pulling it back in a circular motion (it will stick at first, but after about 15 minutes, gluten with be worked enough to stop sticking, and you will then make a ball with the dough
  7. Sit it in a warm place to proof until double in size, about an hour
  8. Carefully follow instructions within slide show below to make either bread or buns
  9. Rise for 45 minutes; bake at 500 F for 12 minutes