Club Breadmakers

[Flowermonaster]

Hi Dasalo & Glorymum, recipe for Italian bread below. You can also go to copycatrecipeguide.com for this recipe.


Ingredients
3 cups bread flour
1 cup warm water
1 packet active dry yeast
2 Tbsp soybean oil (I substitute with olive oil)
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp vital wheat gluten (I buy from phoon huat)
Cornmeal for dusting ( I also sprinkle semolina on top)

Steps ( I do it all in bread machine)
Mix together 1cup bread flour, yeast & sugar
Add soybean oil & wheat gluten
(start the bm dough function now - I use 2 cycle on my bm)
Add water gradually, stirring it in after each addition
Add salt & remaining flour in batches
Let machine knead until dough is ready
Cover dough & rest for 1/2 an hour
Form dough into footlong loaves
Grease baking sheet & sprinkle with cornmeal. Place loaves on it & sprinkle more cornmeal & semolina on top
Refrigerate the loaves for at least 2hrs or up to full day
Let sit at room temperature for 10min just before baking
Bake at 240degC for 30-40min depending on oven. (the original recipe says 425 degree for 25 to 30min)

I like this recipe a lot, I normally put them in fridge then next morn put them in oven & less than 35mins I can get fresh loaves of bread.

[jtoh]

Droooool! I must take my bm out of hibernation.

[Flowermonaster]

GLORYmum:

I am baking the basic bread using the receipe u shared weeks ago. I hope it turns out soft.

How? Your bread out from oven already? Let me know if this recipe is good for you.
My wholemeal bread is now in the oven baking.

[GLORYmum]

Flowermonaster:

GLORYmum:

I am baking the basic bread using the receipe u shared weeks ago. I hope it turns out soft.

How? Your bread out from oven already? Let me know if this recipe is good for you.
My wholemeal bread is now in the oven baking.

Try upload the pic from iPhone but keep getting the error 503.
It looked quite ok. Do I take it out fr bm n cool it on the rack?

Waiting for it to cool then check the texture and report later.

[GLORYmum]

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Thank you flowermonaster, it worked. For the first time since I got the machine that my bread is moist on the inside just like the white bread we buy. So happy.

Now for an advanced stage. Pls advise what variations can I develop from here? Was thinking about ham and cheese, same reeipe just add ham and cheese?

By the way should I cut the loaf on the long or short side and how long can i keep them In a tightly closed container?


Thank you !!

[Flowermonaster]

GLORYmum:

It looked quite ok. Do I take it out fr bm n cool it on the rack?

Waiting for it to cool then check the texture and report later.

Sorry for late reply. Yes must take it out & cool on rack.

[Flowermonaster]

GLORYmum:

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Thank you flowermonaster, it worked. For the first time since I got the machine that my bread is moist on the inside just like the white bread we buy. So happy.

Now for an advanced stage. Pls advise what variations can I develop from here? Was thinking about ham and cheese, same reeipe just add ham and cheese?
By the way should I cut the loaf on the long or short side and how long can i keep them In a tightly closed container?
Thank you !!

Great! Your bread shape very cute leh. I remember last time when I dont have oven I also used the BM to bake but shape not the same as yours.
I don't advise adding ham & cheese when you use BM to bake. If you have oven then yes you can shape the dough & add ham & cheese. Btw, you might wanna use sweet bun recipe when add ham, cheese.
For BM you can add raisins or cranberries or nuts or choco chips to the dough after the first beep.
You can cut anyway you like, there is no strict rules lah. I normally keep for 3 days, after I will keep in freezer(no chance to do that actually). Can toast them as & when.
Cool already? So how is the taste?

[Flowermonaster]

Dasalo, I used a few photo editing apps like "smilePhoto", "Photo Wonder" & "frame…free"

[ksme]

Flowermonaster, your bread looks delicious! :drool:

[Flowermonaster]

My Char Siew buns

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Other sweet buns
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