Toasting Bread
Servings: 68
Ingredients
- 4 ¼ c water about 105°(F)
- 1 c powdered milk see note
- ⅓ c powdered buttermilk see note
- 10 teaspoons instant yeast 3 Tb + 1 tsp
- ½ c salted butter room temperature
- 1 Tb granulated sugar or honey
- 4 ½ teaspoons salt
- 9 c bread flour unbleached, may need more or less
For Brushing Loaves
- ¼ c butter melted
- 1 egg beaten (see instructions)
For Topping Loaves (optional)
- everything bagel seasoning or
- sesame seeds or
- poppy seeds
Instructions
- To begin, pour the warm water into your mixer's bowl.
- Add the powdered milk and buttermilk, room temperature butter, yeast, sugar, salt and 4 cups of the flour. Mix with your dough hook attachment until it begins to form a very sticky dough.
- Slowly add the remaining flour, a little at a time, until the dough is soft, but not sticky.
- Knead the dough with the hook for about 8 minutes. Form the dough into a ball and place it in a clean, oiled bowl and cover it with a damp tea towel.
- Place the bowl of dough in a warm location and let it rise for 1 hour or until it is double in size.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set it aside for now.
- Punch down the dough, removing air bubbles. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide the dough into 4 portions.
- Roll each portion in to a loaf. Place the loaves side-by-side about an inch apart on the baking sheet.
- Brush the sides of the loaves with melted butter.
- Cover the loaves again with the tea towel and let them rise for 20 minutes.
- Heat your oven to 425°(F).
- Brush the tops of the loaves with beaten egg. *
- Bake the bread in the lower half of your oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- * If you wish to sprinkle on a topping, such as everything bagel seasoning or sesame seeds, then half way through the baking time you will brush the loaves a second time then immediately sprinkle with the seasoning. Bake the remaining half of the baking time. If you add it at the beginning, the seasoning may scorch.
- When the bread is done baking, carefully slide the loaves and parchment paper onto a cooling rack and cover with a clean tea towel. Cool completely.
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you would like to skip the powdered milk and buttermilk, you can replace the water, powdered milk and powdered buttermilk with 4 1/2 c milk instead:
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Put the milk in a small saucepan. Warm it to about 105°(F). Remove it from the heat.
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Pour the warmed milk into your mixer's bowl, continue with the recipe as above.
See This Recipe:
https://cosmopolitancornbread.com/toasting-bread/