How To Make Bread

Many people are discouraged from trying to make bread because they think it's too difficult, or that you need special ingredients or equipment. It's actually incredibly simple to make a really tasty loaf of fresh bread.

This video demonstrates a great beginner recipe for bread - if you find you like baking, you'll probably advance really quickly to other recipes - but this one is straightforward and simple - an excellent place to start.

As it says in the video: you're supposed to use 'strong' bread flour, but this recipe/demonstration just uses ordinary plain flour - and still works just fine.

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[raegiorem]

Is there a difference between baking powder and a baking flour? just confused :/

[AtomicShrimp]

@raegiorem I'm not sure what you're asking. Baking powder is something that you might use in a cake recipe.

[raegiorem]

@AtomicShrimp So, baking flour is used for bread and baking power is used for cakes? am i right?

[AtomicShrimp]

@raegiorem This recipe uses ordinary flour (might also be called 'all purpose flour' in some places). I've never seen anything labelled 'baking flour', but if there is such a thing, it might be intended for use in making cakes.

'Baking powder' is something else altogether - it comes in small containers and is used to make cakes and pastries rise in the oven. This recipe requires no baking powder, as it is raised with yeast.

[KinoTakashiMatahasa]

does the salt kill the yeast when you put them together?

[AtomicShrimp]

@KinoTakashiMatahasa

No - it's only a small amount of salt - it doesn't stop the yeast working

[boddokito]

AWESOME!!!! THANK YOU!!! =)

[Commonsense11111]

thank you for making this video

[ajztheman]

Name of song please.

[thejohhnym]

great video, nice and simple. if you were to make a few portions of the dough and freeze them, would this compromise the taste or texture of the bread when you eventually came to bake it?

[NewberryCollegeGirl]

Awsome vid !!!

[SkyAdrenalin]

BRAVOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!

[hhardwick3]

@KrazyKKid Whole wheat flour doesn't have as much gluten as white and it's tougher. However, you can either add gluten which you can buy separately or the easy method- after the dough has risen the first time, punch it down and let it rise again for another hour. Then follow through the rest of the directions. Should be much better.

[hhardwick3]

Loved the video and the time lapse was great! I notice you don't add any fat (butter) whatsoever? I make mine in a mixer with a dough hook and have noticed adding a tbsp of butter makes it nice and elastic and is much easier to work with. Also comes out just fine. Of course I'm using a recipe from a bread-maker cookbook but frankly the odd-shaped loaf from the bread machine is not appealing, so I just suck it up and make it myself. :)

[talesofcole101]

yeah..... i will just stick to buying my bread