finally found yeast bread aka quarantine bread aka I have so much school work I should be doing bread

Posted by c. winterton on

literally rise and grind ok. on the come up. getting that breaddddddddd. i am so tired.

set aside about 3 hours to make this. sounds excessive, but honestly 3 hours of mostly waiting and semi working on your thesis is to be expected regardless so might as well make the kitchen smell good.

  • 1.5 tsp yeast
  • 1 cup of warm water
  • dash of salt and sugar
  • 3 tbs evoo
  • 2.5 cups of flour (supposed to be bread flour but unbleached all purpose also worked)
  • coarse salt for topping
  • whatever seasoning you want
    • BUT… rosemary, black pepper, and chopped fresh garlic did the trick
  1. ok so mix the yeast and warm water and let sit for 10ish minutes until it starts looking puffed up
  2. sprinkle in the salt, sugar, and olive oil
  3. mix in the flour…
  4. on whatever surface you have, knead the bread for 10ish minutes until its not sticky anymore
  5. during kneading, fold in whatever seasonings you want
  6. put back in whatever mixing bowl you were using, and cover tightly w plastic wrap … let sit for an hour ish or until doubled in size
  7. ok after an hour this is a weird step but basically do a quick knead of the bread again and get out some of the air
  8. THEN put on a greased baking sheet (whatever you’ll be cooking it on), mark an X w a sharp knife, and cover with an inverted bowl thats large enough for it to rise again.. will be another hour ish… more time to ish work on your thesis ??? maybe.
  9. once it’s risen (insert jesus gif), put the coarse salt and rosemary on top, and in the over at 375 for 30 minutes
  10. THEN increase temp to 425 and throw a couple ice cubes in the bottom of the oven ***ok technically you’re supposed to get a spray bottle of water and spray the dough directly, but evidently do not have one of those so work with me** ice cubes at the bottom will create steam (science!!) and make the top brown and properly looking like bread you know
  11. at this point just watch it and make sure you don’t burn it… 5ish minutes was my estimate

** ok so one on the left was 2nd attempt and actually kneaded properly and was cooked all the way through… so we’re using that one as the basis for this recipe

* ty again for the yeast cutie

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