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[pennyJo1960]

Baking white bread you get to knead called for scaled milk with water

google 180 degrees okay can do then a cake of yeast?

2 1/4 tsp
boy what a education but came our of my Ma's old wisconsin cook book
must be good right let rise twice mind you
having allot fun doing this stuff now

 

[Cynthia12]

Sharing this everywhere! I love this! Goose loves!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Sharing this everywhere! I love this! Goose loves!

already saw it very cute huh

 

[Cynthia12]

Yeah, I figured some may have already seen it..but for those that haven't..yes, it's cute!

 

[ronott1]

Baking white bread you get to knead called for scaled milk with water

google 180 degrees okay can do then a cake of yeast?

2 1/4 tsp
boy what a education but came our of my Ma's old wisconsin cook book
must be good right let rise twice mind you
having allot fun doing this stuff now

scalding is when there is a bit of vapor coming off of the milk and there are bubbles at the side of the pan but it is not boiling. That should be closer to 200 degrees. 180 is close to simmering temperature.

Most of the recipes call for scalding the milk and adding the butter. When the butter melts and the temperature goes back down then you can either use instant yeast or regular years. Regular yeast needs to bloom in water for about 10 minutes. It has a cell wall that has to break down. Instant yeast has the cell wall removed.

Instant yeast is mixed into the flour, sugar, salt and etc. so the temperature of the water can be higher, usually like 125F. I use regular yeast and to not use cakes. I buy bulk yeast from Costco.

Today I baked spelt bread. I milled the flour from grain in my kitchenaid flour mill.

Should I post a picture?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Should I post a picture?

YES!!!

I baked my regular 2 loaves of sweet white as I do most Sundays. One of the cats has taken to really liking the bread. She'll scream for us to pinch her off a piece of the crust (we only do about once a week) and she's in heaven.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: actually never want to mill my own flour and did get the right scalding the milk and water 1 cup each and candy
thermometer but thank you

 

[ronott1]

YES!!!

I baked my regular 2 loaves of sweet white as I do most Sundays. One of the cats has taken to really liking the bread. She'll scream for us to pinch her off a piece of the crust (we only do about once a week) and she's in heaven.

Sounds good!

Spelt Bread:



3C water, 115F
1/4 C Avacado Oil
1/4C Honey
1T Salt
1T Yeast
2T Gluten powder
1/2 tsp lecithin

About 7 cups of spelt flour
About 2 or so cups of all purpose flour

Add water to bowl and sprinkle yeast onto water. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes. Add salt, oil and honey(oil first and then the honey slides out of the measuring cup).
Add spelt flour and gluten powder, mix and let sit for 10 minutes(whole grains absorb more water so this help with not getting dry bread at the end)
Kneed enough white flour into the dough to make a stiff dough. Kneed for a total of about 7 minutes.

Place dough into a bowl and cover with a cloth. Raise for an hour or until puffy. Punch dough down, divide into three portions(mine is about 680G each) and shape into loaves. Let raise in bread pans for another hour.

Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes. Internal temperature of bread is 195-205F

 

[ronott1]

actually never want to mill my own flour and did get the right scalding the milk and water 1 cup each and candy
thermometer but thank you

Candy thermometers are great!

I like the visual methods too because I keep breaking my thermometer....The one I use for meat is messed up now.

 

[NotAFarm]

Fresh bread

Some "Spring is just around the corner!" pictures from just now!

Tulips coming up in their hardware cloth basket:

Glory of the Snow buds.......


Crocus!!!