This is honestly the no-brainer of yeast breads & takes 5 minutes to throw together.
This results in a rather neutral-tasting bread with a delicately spongy-textured crumb & a crisp crust, really the👇
perfect everyday bread for cheese or meat or something savory on a slice. And it's so easy.
So let's go.👇
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INGREDIENTS
1 pound (500 grams) all-purpose white flour * see note
1 yellow onion, about 1 cup diced
1 packet (7 grams) active dry yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
1-¾ cups (425 ml) lukewarm water
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Poppy seeds or caraway seeds to top, optional
note: as long as you have the same dry weight to wet volume, you can put almost any type flour you like. Use half white flour, half whole wheat, or even rye.
Have ready an approximately 8- or 8-½ inch (21 or 22 cm)
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round springform pan or another pan with similar volume. I line the bottom of my pan with a round of ovenproof parchment paper. Oil the sides of the pan & the bottom if not lining.
Blend the flour, yeast, sugar & salt in a large mixing bowl; add the diced onion.
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Pour on the warm water & the oil.
Using a silicone spatula or wooden spoon, mix it all together until you have a well-combined, homogeneous gloop or wet dough.
Scrape the dough out into the prepared springform pan.
Cover lightly with plastic wrap (making sure the
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plastic does not touch the dough) & a clean kitchen towel. Set aside to rise for about 1-½ hours (depending on where you live & the quality of the ingredients) until doubled in bulk.
If the bread forms a skin-like surface, don’t worry.
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About 20 minutes before the end of the rising period, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) - be careful: in the middle of the baking time, you’ll be lowering the oven temperature!
Once the dough has doubled remove the towel & the plastic and, if you like, sprinkle the top
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with either the poppy or caraway seeds.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes at 400°F (200°C), then lower the oven temperature to 350°F (180°C) and bake for another 30 minutes. (I forgot to lower the oven temperature the last time I made it - the photos here - and
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while it was deeply browned & crusty, the bread was great!)
Remove from the oven. The bread should have risen and the crust will be thick, golden & crusty. Remove the bread from the pan immediately & allow the bread to cool on a wire cooling rack.
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Baking cookies today. Remember my fab Cocoa Molasses Chews? Well todays' #IsolationBaking for the holidays is
Chocolate Cinnamon Brown Sugar Cookies
These chewy cookies have an intriguing flavor: the delicate blend of caramelly dark brown sugar, cocoa powder & cinnamon.
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INGREDIENTS
8 tablespoons (115 grams) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup (205 grams) packed dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups (210 grams) flour
¼ cup (25 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
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½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Granulated white sugar for rolling
Beat the softened butter & the brown sugar together until super creamy and smooth; this could take 3-4 minutes.
Beat in the egg, the water, & the vanilla until well blended & smooth.
Lardy Cake is a traditional English treat eaten for special occasions, holidays & harvest festivals. Traditionally, the Lardy Cake - which is not a cake but a tea bread - is made with lard, but this version is made
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with butter. Layers (lamination) of dough revealing swirls of dried fruit-studded cinnamon-nutmeg sugar create a lightly flavored, gently sweetened bread almost, but not quite, like a challah or brioche type bread. Make this during the holidays to have on hand when family or
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friends visit. It stays fresh for a couple of days.
Take the folding and rolling slowly and carefully, trying to keep the dough from tearing and too much filling oozing out. 3 folds is sufficient if you don’t want to make the 4th fold.
A savory bread that comes together quickly & easily, perfect for experts & beginning bakers alike. A springy, light texture of a Challah-type egg-enriched bread to flavor with fresh or dried herbs.
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INGREDIENTS
3 ½ to 4 cups (approximately 490 - 560 grams) all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 packages (1/4-oz each / total 14 grams) active/quick-rise (or traditional) dry yeast
1 rounded or 2 teaspoons dried basil
1 ½ teaspoons dried dill weed
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¾ teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1 ½ teaspoons salt
¾ teaspoon garlic powder
¾ cup (200 ml) lowfat (2% fat)milk
½ cup (125 ml) water
4 tablespoons (60 grams) unsalted butter, cubed
1 large egg
1 to 1 ½ tablespoons (15 – 22 grams) butter, melted (I use salted butter)
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INGREDIENTS
4 ½ teaspoons (13.8 grams) active dry yeast
½ cup (125 ml) warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
½ cup (60 grams) flour
1 cup (250 ml) lukewarm milk
4 tablespoons (60 grams) unsalted butter softened to room temperature
1 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup (65 grams) sugar
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1 large egg, beaten to blend
4 to 5 cups (500 to 625 grams) flour
7 ounces (200 grams) freshly and finely grated Parmesan cheese
Topping:
2 tablespoons (30 grams) butter, melted
¼ cup fine breadcrumbs, homemade is preferable!
1 pound (500 grams) bread flour
2 tablespoons (30 grams) white or light brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 ½ heaping teaspoons (6 grams) dry active yeast
1 cup (250 ml) buttermilk
¼ cup (60 ml) light cream
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4 tablespoons (60 grams) unsalted butter, preferably at room temperature
1 large egg + 1 egg for wash
Mix together all of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, lightly beat 1 egg.
In a medium-sized saucepan, gently heat the buttermilk, the cream