Easy And fresh delicious homemade bread you will ever make, A complete guide for beginners, which will help you to make soft, fresh, also very crispy bread at home.
Why You Will Love this Recipe?
- This Home made bread recipe is easy to make with fewer ingredients and the result of this bread recipe is soft , also very crunchy. You can customize it with your favorite toppings like herbs , seeds or oats. There’s nothing more better than this aroma of freshly baked bread. It’s so much better than store brought bread and also very healthy.
- You can use it for variety of recipes like toast, sandwiches, French toast , croutons, Bread pudding, garlic bread and bread crumps.
- It’s also very cheap rather than market bread.
Let’s start the recipe,
Ingredients
- Active Dry Yeast: 2 tsp active dry yeast.
- Warm Milk: 1 cup warm milk.
- Warm water: 1 cup warm water.
- Whole Wheat Flour: 5 cups whole wheat flour.
- Butter: 2 tsp of melted butter.
- Sugar: 1 tsp of sugar.
- Salt: 1tsp of salt.
- oil: 1tsp of oil.
Instruction
- First take a sauce pan to boil the milk. After it’s gets warm ,pour the milk in a small bowl.
- Then take another small bowl ,dissolve the yeast with warm water and rest it for 5 -10 mins until it becomes foamy.
- Then add two tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of salt and sugar in that hot milk. and mix it really well.
- In a large mixing bowl , add the whole wheat flour and pour the yeast mixture and other wet ingredients and mix it really well until a rough dough forms.
- Then transfer the dough into a clear, dry floured surface. Then knead the dough with hand for about 5-10 mins. You can also use stand mixer for the dough but if you try the knead by hand , it’ll give your dough more soft and perfect shape.
- After kneading, Shape the dough into a ball and let the dough placed in a bowl and rest the dough for 1 hour until it double in size.
- Transfer the dough into a pastry mat and roll it and give it a shape that perfectly fits in your loaf pan. Then grease some oil into the pan, place the dough in it and cover it with plastic wrap and let the dough rest again for another 20 -30 mins.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- When the dough risen in the loaf pan , place them in the preheated oven for 35- 40 mins until it gets golden brown.
- Then remove the bread from oven and place it to another place, and let it cool.
- Lastly, Serve the bread in your serving plate. Slice and Enjoy it with butter, jam, or peanut butter.
How to make whole wheat bread more soft ?
- You can combine whole wheat flour with bread flour. Bread flour has higher protein content than whole wheat flour, So it’s able to develop more gluten and gluten gives bread dough more chew and soft.
- Also adding more butter, or oil can make the dough more soft.
- Active yeast is very important to make the bread more soft and fluffy. If you use dead yeast then your bread become flat and bland. So, it’s very important to use active yeast for successful bread.
How to Store the bread?
You can store the bread in a paper bag or plastic bread bag. For longer storage you can place the bread in a plastic bag.
Can I Freeze it?
Yes, You can . First, cut the bread slices and then wrap the bread slices in Aluminium foil and put it in a plastic bag or paper bag and freeze it. By freezing bread you can easily grab and heat it up for an easy breakfast.
what’s your favorite way to enjoy freshly Homemade bread and How was your first experience at baking home bread at home? Let Me know in the comment box.
- Prep time: 2o mins
- Baking time: 40 mins
- Cooling time: 20 mins
- Total time: 2 hours