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Baking Bread
The simplest way to learn how to bake bread is to follow a basic recipe. The following recipe
is easy and the bread is delicious.
Before you begin make sure you have the following measuring equipment:
- Liquid measuring cup
- Dry measuring cups
- Measuring
spoons
You will need the following ingredients:
- Water
- Butter/Margarine
- Salt
-
Bread fl our (be sure to buy bread fl our,
preferably for bread makers)
- Dry milk
- Sugar
- Active, fast rising yeast
Measuring ingredients
The most important secret of making bread is exact measurements, that’s the key to
successfully baking bread.
With wet ingredients, use ONLY measuring cups with the cups/ounces marked clearly on the
side. After fi lling the measuring cup, place it on a fl at surface and view it at eye level to make
sure the amount of liquid is exact. Then, double check.
With dry ingredients, always “level off ” the measurement with the back of a knife or a
spatula to make sure the measurement is exact. Another helpful tip is to never use the
cup to scoop the ingredients (for example, fl our). By scooping, you could add up to one
tablespoon of extra ingredients. Fill the measuring cup with a spoon before leveling off .
Order of adding ingredients
The SECOND most important secret of making bread is putting the ingredients into the
breadmaker in the EXACT order given in the recipe.
This means:
- FIRST, liquid ingredients
- SECOND, dry ingredients
- LAST, yeast
Also, make sure ALL ingredients are at room temperature, (between 77°–85° F) unless
otherwise noted in the recipe.
Note: Temperatures too cool or too hot can aff ect the way the bread rises and bakes.
It’s a good idea to start with all new, fresh ingredients (especially fresh fl our and yeast).
Now, let’s try a simple (but really good) recipe.