Baking homemade bread isn't as complicated as you may think... If you follow these simple steps you will soon be biting into the softest and perfectly crispy baked bread you've ever had.
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Baked bread, the perfect recipe
A lot of people agree that homemade baked bread can be very easy. It's a recipe that involves very little kneading of the dough since it is left to ferment for about 12 hours. The dough will take time to rise and develop gluten. This long rising time also has the advantage of replacing kneading.
In short, you will just need to put all the ingredients in a bowl, mix thoroughly for a few minutes to obtain a sticky paste, leave to rise for several hours and then bake it in a casserole dish. Et voila! You will get a delicious bread as good as the bakers with minimum effort!
Materials
To make homemade baked bread, one of the most important tools required is a cast-iron casserole dish. If you don't already have one, you should go pick one up. They may be a little pricey but they are useful for so many recipes and can last a lifetime!
Of course there are also less expensive options, check out this one on Amazon on sale for £25.14:
Ingredients for a delicious homemade bread
- 400 g T65 wheat flour
- 250 ml of water
- 15 g of fresh yeast or a sachet of dry baker's yeast
- 10 g salt
- Seeds (sesame, chia, flax, sunflower, squash ...)
Prepping your bread
- Mix all the ingredients in a food processor or by hand
- Leave the dough to rest for at least 3 hours (ideally overnight) under a tea towel. It should double in size
- Form a ball with the well-floured leavened dough.
- Preheat the oven to 230° and place the empty casserole dish without lid in the oven for 30 minutes. The casserole dish must be very hot, be careful not to burn yourself
- Place a sheet of baking paper in the bottom of the casserole dish
- Put the ball of dough at the bottom of the casserole dish and place the lid overtop
- Lower the oven to 200° and put it in the oven for 35 minutes
- Remove the bread and let it rest on a rack for 20 minutes before eating
