Whole Wheat Bread

Have you too always read Enid Blytons and been fascinated and tempted by the phrase "Freshly baked bread tomato sandwiches with ....". Well then here is the recipe for making that freshly baked home made bread.



Ingredients-


·         Whole wheat flour – 3cups/18 heaped tsps

·         Readymade dry yeast – 1stp

·         Salt -1/2 tsp

·         Honey – 2 tbsp

·         Egg yolk – 1 no

·         Water at room temp/ luke warm – 240 ml

·         Butter – 3 tsp


Method –

1.       Blend the water, yeast, flour, butter, egg yolk, honey, salt in a mixer at a very slow speed for about 5 mins

2.       If the dough is too sticky add a bit more of flour and mix again.

3.       Take out the dough and put in a vessel, cover it with a plastic bag and leave it for 2 hours.

4.       After two hours, knead all the air out of the dough and then fold it inwards a couple of times.

5.       Shape in the form of an elongated log and put it in the baking tin you plan to use

6.       Leave it in the fridge overnight covered in plastic of course.

7.       If the weather is cool, like around 12-15 degrees C then you can skip step 6 and leave the dough covered in plastic bag overnight

8.       The dough should rise and double its size. If it hasn’t, keep it out for 2 hrs.

9.       Preheat the over at 190 degrees C for 10 mins

10.   Bake the dough for 35 mins at 190 degrees.

11.   Take it out of the mold and let it cool

12.   Your whole wheat freshly baked bread it ready to serve