white bread

mark fletcher

mark fletcher

31st March 2011
mark fletcher

white bread

plain white serves 40/50
to make this right probe the flour then minus the flour temp from 54 and this gives you the temperature of your warm water
54-18 =36 so ur water temp is 36degc

Ingredients

  • 1200g t55 OR bread flour
  • 20g yeast
  • 15g salt
  • 800g warm water

Method

mix the yeast with the warm water, mix the flour with the salt, place in the mixer then slowly add the yeasty water beat well at speed 3 for 8 mins so you have a slack doygh. bowl up and cover with a bin bag and allow to proove. knock back shape and roll proove again then bake at 230deg c for 8 mins
this is for 40/50 35g balls of dough

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