Essence of Bread

Name: Essence of Bread
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters bread flour; 2 teaspoons salt; 591 milliliters warm water (120 to 130 degrees F/50 degrees C); 14 grams packages rapid rise yeast; 2 Tbsps yellow cornmeal

Essence of Bread requires around 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 236 calories, 8g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe serves 12. If you have bread flour, salt, rapid rise yeast, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegan diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to warm (about 110 degrees F/45 degrees C). Spray two 9x5 inch loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray, add just enough cornmeal to coat.

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Cooking Spray

Cornmeal

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Loaf Pan

Oven

In the bowl of an upright mixer, combine the flour, yeast and salt; stir well to combine.

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All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Pour in the water; mix until a stiff dough forms. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in preheated oven for 15 minutes.

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Dough

Water

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Oven

Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and form into loaves.

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Dough

Place the loaves into two lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pans. With very sharp knife, cut shallow slash in tops of loaves. Lightly dust loaves with flour, cover with towel, and put back in oven.

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All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Knife