Best Basic Bread

Time QUICK MEDIUM LONG Difficulty EASY MEDIUM HARD
Taste MEH OK GOOD AMAZING Yields LITTLE MEDIUM LOTS

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Traditional Active Dry Yeast
  • 2 cups warm water (100˚F)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 4 cups flour (white, multigrain, bread – you can make your own mix)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • oil

Instructions

  1. Mix yeast, warm water, and sugar.
  2. Wait about 10 minutes until foamy.
  3. Mix salt and flour.
  4. Add yeast mixture and combine with spatula until slightly formed.
  5. Knead together on counter for 10 minutes.
    – Add water or flour to get a good consistency that isn’t too sticky. You might have to keep adding flour if it sticks to your hands.

    – This is too sticky still.
  6. Grease a large bowl with oil and add ball of dough. Turn dough over once to have both sides coated with oil.
  7. Cover with saran wrap.
  8. Wait 1.5-2 hours until dough rises and balloons. It might stick to the saran.
  9. Punch down dough ball.
  10. Knead a few times on floured counter and shape into a roll. Tuck under ends of roll to have a nice formed loaf.
  11. Grease and flour bread pan. Add dough.
  12. Cover with saran or wet tea towel for 30 minutes – 1 hour until risen one inch above pan.
  13. Bake at 425˚F for 30 minutes until brown and bottom sounds hollow when knocking on it.
  14. Remove from tin immediately, and let cool.
  15. Gourmet!

Recipe from: Ashlyn’s Kitchen