Home Made Bread :)

HOME MADE BREAD!!!! 

So I got this recipe from http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Bread-without-a-bread-machine/...i must tell you.. I was a little bit skeptical about some of the stuff they put there..so I added a few of my own.. ( my advice..DO NOT DO WHAT I DID) ..but it turned out amazing!!!

My only reservation is that the crust came out a little bit too hard for my liking

INGREDIENTS…

• Yeast - 2 Tbsp
• Hot-ish* water - 2 cups
• Bread flour - 5 cups total, 2 for the sponge and 3 for later. (NOT regular flour)
• Sugar - 2 Tbsp.
• Salt - 2 tsp.
• Oil - 2 Tbsp.
• 3 loaf pans
• Quick-read thermometer
• Oven pre-heated to 190 c

METHOD:
Start by mixing the hot water and the flour. Then, add 2 Tbsp. sugar, 2 Tbsp. oil, 2 Tbsp. yeast, and 2 tsp. salt. 

Let this sit for about 8 or 10 minutes. Assuming your water was hot enough, it should be nice and bubbly

Now you need to add about 3 more cups of flour. I added a little less this time, it really depends on the humidity and how exact your measurements were in the sponge step.

Once it gets too tough to stir, flip it onto a clean floured surface. Now, knead away, adding flour as you do so. 
Knead the dough for 8 or 9 minutes.
When you finish this part put it back in the bowl and cover it with a slightly damp towel.

let the dough rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes to an hour. the dough should be about doubled in size by the time it's finished.

Punch the dough down, then divide it into 3 parts. Spray the pans and put the dough in. Let it rise again in the pans (covered).. Preheat your oven to 190 c and put the loaves in.
Bake them for about 30 minutes at 180 c. the loaves out and place them on their sides on a rack, after a few seconds slide them out of the pans and onto the rack. Let them cool.

( plus a comment that I found sooo useful since I do not have bread pans)

Make the loaves into long ovals or rounds and put them on a cookie sheet or pizza pan. Any pan will work, loaf pans are for shape really and keeping the dough from seeping between the rails of the oven racks... A sheet cake pan will also work... If you are without any of these pans, several layers of reynolds wrap on the oven racks will also work... Pam cooking spray these and use a very light dusting of flour over the spray, or use the one with the flour already in it...

The Outcome!!!