Learn to make bread at home

Bread is a convenient and nutritious food. As a Western pastry, bread has become increasingly popular in China in recent years. When you go shopping, you can find all kinds of bakeries everywhere. Of course, if you don’t want to buy bread, or if you are interested in baking, you can learn to make bread at home. So, how can you make different types of bread at home? Here I will introduce to you how to make English bread, cheese bread and crepe bread!

1. English Bread

[Ingredients] 400 grams of high-gluten flour, 6 grams of dry yeast, 6 grams of white sugar, 8 grams of salt, 4 grams of butter, 6 grams of milk powder, 275 grams of warm water, spray oil, half an egg, and 1 tablespoon of milk.

【Preparation method】

Prepare the dough:

1. The butter should be at room temperature.

2. Put the high-gluten flour, dry yeast, sugar, salt, milk powder, and warm water together and mix the dough vigorously for at least 10 minutes; if the dough is too wet, you can add a small amount of flour.

3. Add melted butter and knead thoroughly.

4. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in a warm place to rise for at least 2 hours. The volume should be 2 to 3 times the previous volume.

5. Flatten and knead the dough evenly, and let it ferment again using the same method.

For the toast:

1. Set the oven to 350F and spray the baking sheet with oil.

2. Take out the remaining 1/2 egg liquid and mix with 1 tablespoon of milk.

3. Flatten and knead the dough evenly, divide it into 8 portions, roll them into balls, brush a layer of egg wash on the surface, and let it rest for about 15 minutes.

4. Brush the surface of the dough with egg wash again and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the bread is cooked through.

2. Cheese Bread

[Ingredients] 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 1 spoon of salad dressing, a few salad leaves, 50 grams of cheese slices, 1/3 cucumber, salt

【practice】

1. Spread salad dressing on bread slices. Place the washed salad leaves and cheese on the bread.

2. Then cut a few thin slices of cucumber and place them on the cheese. Cut the remaining cucumber into thick slices, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and arrange them around the edge of the plate and next to the bread.

3. Thousand Layer Bread

[Ingredients] 500g high-gluten flour, 100g fine sugar, 5g salt, 5g yeast, 15g honey, 50g milk, 50g fresh cream, 100g water, 100g egg, 50g cream

【Filling】105g butter, 60g icing sugar, 50g egg, 200g low-gluten flour

Making the filling: Mix all the ingredients together until smooth.

1. Place dry ingredients in a blender and then add wet ingredients.

2. Mix until the dough is smooth and elastic, then add butter.

3. Stir until the dough can be stretched into a thin film.

4. Ferment at room temperature for 40 minutes.

5. Roll out the dough and wrap the filling.

6. Repeat rolling and folding the dough 3 times 4 times.

7. Roll out the dough to 1 cm thick and use a mold to press out a round shape.

8. Brush the dough with egg wash and sprinkle with granulated sugar.