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bread loaf recipe is every diners delight when served for breakfast, snack or even light dinner. Learn basic white bread loaf using yeast.
To make bread loaf, combine the yeast, sugar and ¼ cup of warm water in a bowl and mix well. Cover it with a lid and keep aside for 10 minutes. Combine the plain flour, salt and yeast-sugar mixture in a deep bowl, mix well and knead into a soft and loose dough using enough warm water. Add the butter and knead very well till the dough is smooth and elastic. Shape the dough into a proper round using both your hands while tucking the edges at the bottom. Cover it with a dry muslin cloth and keep aside in a warm place to use for 45 minutes or till the dough is double in size. Deflate the dough by pressing it lightly with your fingers. Sprinkle the plain flour over a smooth, flat surface, place the dough over it and knead it very well. If the dough is getting sticky while kneading, then sprinkle little plain flour as required. Stretch the dough using both the hands and knead well again. Tap the dough with your fingers and spread it to make a 250 mm. X 200 mm. (10” x 8”) diameter oval shape. Roll the dough to make a 200 mm. (8”) long cylindrical roll and pinch the edge of the rolls so as to seal it properly. Place the dough in a greased bread loaf tin. Cover it with a dry muslin cloth and again keep aside in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes. Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature to 180°c (360°f) and bake it for 20 minutes. Cool slightly. De-mould the loaf from the tin and brush the bread loaf with butter and keep aside to cool completely. Once the bread loaf has cooled completely, cut it into 13 mm. (½”) bread slices. Serve or use as required.
Bread is an indispensable ingredient in most kitchens today. From toast to sandwiches, bread is handy in solving the perpetual breakfast and tiffin dabba dilemmas that most people face on busy mornings. However, nothing tastes as good as freshly-baked basic white bread loaf using yeast, and so people often buy bread on a daily basis along with their milk.
Nevertheless, even this bread is bound to be a day or at least a few hours old. If you wish to really experience the magic of freshly-baked bread, right off the oven, try our easy eggless bread loaf recipe when you find time. You will be bowled over by the appetizing aroma, super-soft texture and absolutely divine flavour of warm bread.
You need very few basic ingredients to make homemade bread, it is only the proportion and these ingredients and a few handy hints to be followed to master making it.
Tips for easy perfect yeast bread. 1. Always keep the dough in a warm place so it rises quickly and well. 2. Use only a dry muslin cloth to cover it. 3. Knead the dough well as mentioned in the recipe at each step to ensure a soft fluffy bread. 4. Use dry yeast from a packet which is unopened or recently opened for best spongy bread.
Use this fresh bread loaf to make delectable sandwiches and toasts like Cabbage and Paneer Sandwich, Cheesy Mushroom Squares, Cheese-N-Celery Sandwiches, Grilled Corn and Capsicum Sandwich, Mixed Vegetable Open Toast etc.
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For bread loaf- To make bread loaf, combine the yeast, sugar and ¼ cup of warm water in a bowl and mix well. Cover it with a lid and keep aside for 10 minutes.
- Combine the plain flour, salt and yeast-sugar mixture in a deep bowl, mix well and knead into a soft and loose dough using enough warm water.
- Add the butter and knead very well till the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Shape the dough into a proper round using both your hands while tucking the edges at the bottom.
- Cover it with a dry muslin cloth and keep aside in a warm place to use for 45 minutes or till the dough is double in size.
- Deflate the dough by pressing it lightly with your fingers.
- Sprinkle the plain flour over a smooth, flat surface, place the dough over it and knead it very well. If the dough is getting sticky while kneading, then sprinkle little plain flour as required.
- Stretch the dough using both the hands and knead well again.
- Tap the dough with your fingers and spread it to make a 250 mm. X 200 mm. (10” x 8”) diameter oval shape.
- Roll the dough to make a 200 mm. (8”) long cylindrical roll and pinch the edge of the rolls so as to seal it properly.
- Place the dough in a greased bread loaf tin. Cover it with a dry muslin cloth and again keep aside in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
- Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 10 minutes.
- Lower the temperature to 180°c (360°f) and bake it for 20 minutes. Cool slightly.
- De-mould the loaf from the tin and brush the bread loaf with butter and keep aside to cool completely.
- Once the bread loaf has cooled completely, cut it into 13 mm. (½“) bread slices.
- Serve the bread loaf or use as required.
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For the yeast sugar mixture of the bread, we need 1 tbsp instant dry yeast. This is the bacteria which helps the bread rise.
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To this add 2 tbsp sugar. This is the food for the yeast.
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Add ¼ cup of warm water in a bowl and mix well. This warm water helps in the activation of yeast.
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Cover it with a lid and keep aside for 10 minutes.
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This is how the yeast-sugar mixture looks like after 10 minutes. It will be frothy.
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For the dough of the bread loaf, add plain flour in a deep bowl. Ensure that the maida is lump free. Sieve it if necessary.
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Add ¾ tsp of salt. We recommend you use the measured quantity if salt for making the bread dough.
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Add the prepared yeast-sugar mixture. Do not mix it before adding.
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Mix well using your fingertips.
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Knead into a soft and loose dough using enough warm water. Use of warm water helps the dough rise perfectly. Remember to add water gradually. You will realise that the dough sticks to your fingers but as you keep kneading it will leave your fingers. It will also leave the sides of the bowl. This is an indication that the dough is ready. Finally, the dough has to be smooth in texture.
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Add soft butter.
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Knead again very well till the dough is smooth and elastic. You have to knead till all the butter has been mixed with the dough very well. This might take 1 to 2 minutes. The better you knead the dough at this stage, that soft the basic white bread loaf using yeast will be after baking.
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Grease both your hands with very little butter.
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Take the dough in your hand and shape the dough into a proper round using both your hands while tucking the edges at the bottom.
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Cover it with a dry muslin cloth and keep aside in a warm place to use for 45 minutes or till the dough is double in size.
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Deflate the dough of homemade bread by pressing it lightly with your fingers. This is to remove the excess air from the dough.
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Sprinkle some plain flour over a smooth, flat surface. This can be a big chopping board or even your kitchen platform.
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Place the dough over it.
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Knead it very well. If the dough is getting sticky while kneading, then sprinkle little plain flour as required. This kneading is again important for a soft and fluffy bread.
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Stretch the dough using both the hands so the dough becomes airy and it turns out to be fluffy.
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Knead well again.
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Tap the dough with your fingers and spread it to make a 250 mm. X 200 mm. (10” x 8”) diameter oval shape.
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Roll the dough to make a 200 mm. (8”) long cylindrical roll and pinch the edge of the rolls so as to seal it properly. This is to ensure that you a bread with even texture.
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Grease a 200 mm. (8”) tin with little butter. This will help in demoulding of bread. Ensure that you grease the tin from all the sides well.
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Place the dough in the greased bread loaf tin with the pinched side facing downwards.
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If you notice that there are empty spaces around the circumference of the dough, lightly pat it and spread it to fill the spaces.
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This is how to dough is evenly spread in the tin.
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Cover it with a dry muslin cloth and again keep aside in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
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This is how to dough of easy perfect yeast bread looks like after rising.
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Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 200°C (400°F) for 10 minutes.
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Lower the temperature to 180°C (360°F) and bake it for 20 minutes. Cool slightly for about 5 minutes.
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De-mould the loaf from the tin by inverting it on a chopping board. You can tap the tin gently. If you yet find difficulty in demoulding, you can loosen the edges with a knife.
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Turn the bread upside down and place it on the chopping board.
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Brush the bread loaf with little butter to make it more soft and keep aside to cool completely.
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Once the bread loaf has cooled completely, cut it into 13 mm. (½”) bread slices using a bread knife. Cut the slices very gently as the bread is very soft.
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Serve homemade bread or use as required. This will stay fresh for 2 to 3 days at room temperature and then 2 days in the refrigerator.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv) per slice
Energy | 86 cal |
Protein | 1.9 g |
Carbohydrates | 14.7 g |
Fiber | 0.1 g |
Fat | 2.1 g |
Cholesterol | 6.1 mg |
Sodium | 142.9 mg |
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