Homemade Bread Breakfast

Homemade Bread Breakfast

Inviting the Neighbors
Mimsy's next door neighbors (and good friends) are Cara and Dex. We invited them to join us for breakfast (and non-challantly borrowed their oven-toaster as well). Not to be outdone, they brought their vacuum pot coffee brewer - with Sagada ground coffee beans, the coffee experience was just a notch higher.

Ending Thoughts
Ever made bread from scratch? It's not as daunting as it sounds. Give it try. You'll never put up with store-bought bread again.

--- TheLoneRider

Whole wheat bread recipe (makes 2 small loaves that fit inside a toaster-oven)

• 2 cups regular flour
• 1 cup warmed (not hot) Cerveza Negra (or water)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp yeast
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Procedure:

• Making the sponge: Mix beer, sugar, yeast and 1 cup regular flour in a bowl. Cover until it starts to bubble (around 45 mins)
• Kneading: Mix the rest of the ingredients and start kneading (tip: press on with your body weight, not just your arm power). The dough should be soft without being sticky. Too sticky, add flour. Too hard, add water. You're done when the dough bounces back when you press on it. Cover until double in size (around 45 mins).
• Scaling and shaping: Punch the dough to take the air out. Cut it into 2 and flatten. Roll it up, pinch the edges to make it seamless and then shape the dough into small baguettes. Leave inside the unheated toaster-oven and close the lid. Wait until double in size.
• Baking: Make 3 cuts on top of the dough (this allows expansion during baking). Turn the heat on to 210⁰C or 410⁰F. If you don't have temperature control, put the heat on for 18 minutes, turning the bread pan halfway (for even heating). If you have a heating element on top, place an aluminum foil on top of the bread to keep it from burning, but remove it on the last 1 minute for top browning. The bread is done if it sounds hollow when you tap on it. Enjoy!

--- TheLoneRider

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