Basic Bread Dough

Name: Basic Bread Dough
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons dry yeast; 946 milliliters high-gluten flour, plus more for dusting; 4 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 118 milliliters warm water

Basic Bread Dough is a vegan recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 20g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 597 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up yeast, sugar, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Place the warm water in a warm mixing bowl and add the yeast. Stir to dissolve the yeast, and let stand 3 minutes.

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Water

Yeast

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Mixing Bowl

Add the salt and the sugar and stir to combine.

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Sugar

Salt

Add the flour and the olive oil and mix, using your hands until the dough comes together in a form that you can knead into a ball without the dough sticking to your fingers.

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Olive Oil

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wash and dry your hands.

Remove the dough ball from the mixing bowl and place on a smooth cutting board. Knead the dough, occasionally dusting it with a teaspoon of flour at a time, until you form a smooth, firm, homogenous ball, about 15 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Cutting Board

Mixing Bowl

Place the dough ball into a lightly oiled bowl and cover it with a clean kitchen cloth.

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Dough

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Bowl

Place the bowl in a warm area (like above the refrigerator) to rise until the dough is doubled in size, about 2 hours. At this time, punch the dough down, and divide it into 4 equal pieces.

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