Any idiot-proof bread recipes please for absolute begginner who has always wanted to be able to bake bread?

1. Get a scale that does metric


2. Get a good bag of either bread or all-purpose flour (King Arthur or Wheat Montana, but most will work; avoid White Lily, which is more for Southern biscuits)


3. The Recipe (a VERY basic french bread, approx 1.5-pound loaf):





300g flour (roughly 3 cups)


180g water (approx 7 ounces, or 7/8 cup)


6g salt (about 1tsp)


3g yeast (about 1tsp)





Dump in machine as prescribed, use white or french setting.





Why weigh? It is precise. If you don't weigh, a bit of advice: flour can be compacted, which means a cup of flour may be 4-oz or up to 6-oz. If you look on the side of your bag of flour, it will probably say (on a 5-pound bag) that it contains 19 cups of flour: roughly 4.25-oz per cup. If you take a measuring cup and scoop it right into the flour and press it flat on the side of the bag, you will probably have 6-oz of flour, and your recipe will ultimately have 30% more flour than it ought, and your bread will come out short, hard, and knobby.





Another note: you don't need a thermometer. Aim for warm to touch water. If it is hot to you, it is probably too hot for the yeast, and you will kill the yeast. If it is too cold, it may not activate the yeast enough (this is rarely a problem, since most bread machines warm up the ingredients either before or during kneading).





[Edit: I forgot to mention the most prescribed flour measuring method. Spoon flour into your measuring cup, then scrape off the excess back into the bag. One cup usually comes out between 4.25-oz to 4.5-oz. Also, a good test of dough, after 5 or so minutes of mixing/kneading open your machine and feel the dough, it should be tacky like a post-it note. If it is stickier, add a Tbsp of flour, if it isn't tacky enough, add a tablespoon of water. Check again in a couple minutes. Last thought, if you live in a desert (like me) you may want to ';cap'; your bread pan with aluminum foil]





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Don't try all of this stuff, the 'easy' bread comes out hard and heavy. go to the foodnetwork.com and use alton browns recipe, it is 'pretty' easy. When choosing flour , use the bread machine flour, it gets a good rise. When proofing your bread , put it in a cold oven and have a large pot of boiling water going.. put a large flat dish in the oven below your 'rising' bread and fill with boiling water, it will help your 'proof' and keep your bread moist.. works great.Any idiot-proof bread recipes please for absolute begginner who has always wanted to be able to bake bread?
Start with a focaccia or pizza crust just to get a feel for kneading and letting rise etc. Dinner rolls can be a little less threatening than bread for beginners too. Here's a link that might help too:





http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Bre鈥?/a>
Yep, Mark Bittman did these super easy, no knead breads on the Today Show a few months ago. I hope to try them soon





http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27076582/
Get A Packet Of Ready Made Bread Sachets Thingy


All You Have To Do Is Add Milk Or Water And Put It In A Bread Tin And Put It In The Oven =]


Easy Peasy =]
easy. Get a packet of tescos quick action yeast sachets and the recipie is on the back . GRRRRRRRRRRRRRrreat.
First, you buy a bread machine. The rest is easy.

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