Last Updated on August 15, 2017
I have been baking bread in our house for a very long time. I usually do wheat bread at home. I have also baked white bread too, they always comes out so soft and fluffy. Everyone loves it a lot, they just eat it as it is tight from the oven. But i have no idea how i missed to post it here.
The recipe for making bread is so simple. If you try it once you will never go back to store bought stuff again. Baking bread at home is so fresh and they makes your house smell so heavenly. The freshly baked bread can never go wrong.
The only key point in this is don't make the dough too hard and stiff, just make the dough little sticky, that makes the lighter bread. If you make it stiff, that will result in denser bread. So keep that point in mind and let me know if you try it some day.
Preparation Time : 2 to 3 Hours
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Makes One 9 x 20 cm Loaf
Recipe Source : Julia Child
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - 31/2 cup / 420 grams + Extra if needed
Warm Water - 1 ¼ cup
Active Dry Yeast - 1 tblspn
Sugar - 1 tblspn
Salt - 1 tsp
Oil or Butter - ¼ cup
Method:
Take yeast in a bowl. Pour in some water and sugar. Mix this well and set aside for 5 mins till it foams up.
Take 3 cups of flour and salt in a bowl and mix well.
Pour in the yeast water and some more additional water and knead into a dough.
Add in oil and knead it for 5 mins.
Transfer this to a well oiled bowl and cover it tightly. Let it rise for a hour or hour and half till it is double in size.
Now add ½ cup of extra flour and knead into a soft dough.
Grease a loaf pan. Take the dough out and shape into a loaf shape and place it inside the pan.
Cover with a cling wrap and let it rise till it is more than double in size, for about a hour.
Preheat the oven to 375 Degree F / 190 Degree C.
Bake in a preheated oven for 35 to 40 mins till it is golden on top and cooked.
After 10 to 15 mins take it out of the pan and leave it to cool completely on a wire rack.
Slice and Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take yeast in a bowl |
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| Add some warm water |
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| Sprinkle some sugar in |
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| Mix well and set aside |
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| Let it foam up |
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| Take flour in a bowl |
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| Add in salt |
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| Mix well |
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| Add in yeast mixture |
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| Knead well |
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| Drizzle in some oil |
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| Knead it well |
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| Transfer this to a greased bowl |
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| Cover it |
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| Now it is double in size |
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| Add some extra flour |
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| Knead and form into a loaf shape |
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| Grease a loaf pan |
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| place it in |
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| Cover it with wrap |
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| Now it is double in size |
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| All baked |
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| Leave it to cool |
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| Slice and enjoy |
Shweet Spicess
just wow 🙂
Marisa G
Sure, I'll try it! Cheers from Valencia
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Anonymous
Hi...
thank you so much for the bread recipe...
I really want to try this out...
but please let me know to which mode I should set electric oven " bake or broil"?
I am a new user of oven..
thank you..
Rumana Ambrin
The bread has come quite good... I looks very yummy
Babitha costa
Aarthi,i too love baking ,but haven't tried,ur step by step pic. is sooo useful
Babitha costa
Aarthi,i too love baking ,but haven't tried,ur step by step pic. is sooo useful
Torviewtoronto
yummy looks wonderful
Aarthi
@AnonymousThe oven is in bake mode
Hari Chandana
Wowww.. simply amazing!!
Anonymous
Do u have a PIN icon here so i can PIN this recipe ?
Thanks
Anonymous
Can we use rice bran oil for making dis..was yeast nd active dry yeast are same or s Der any difference
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes u can use any oil. And yes active yeast is normal dry yeast
Anonymous
i wanna make this ingredient list into half and try..can u tell me hw much yeast i need to use..what s d resting time for it to rise..temp and timings...which brand yeast r u using..
Aarthi
@AnonymousJust half everything, use 1.5 tsp of yeast. And the resting time will be same. Cooking time will be less, around 20 mins. I use a yeast which i get from my supermarket. It is their own brand
Priety Maheshwari
Hey hi..tried this bread nd it came out very gud but the problem was the taste.as the taste of yeast was very high.....nd it taates little sour too.....I measured each ingredients twice beforr making....plz help...y its so....
Priety Maheshwari
I tried this nd think that 1 tablespoon yeast is more as the yeast tasteis there in bread after bakinh
Aarthi
@Priety MaheshwariIt depends on the brand of yeast. For 3 cups of flour 1 tblspn is good, since it needs that. But if you find it yeasty then reduce it.
Indhu
Hi aarthi.. Can I bake this in microwave? If so wat r d steps to be followed? Please guide me..
Aarthi
@IndhuIf your oven has convection mode, then you can make this or you cannot
Anonymous
Can we make this bread in pressure cooker? If so for what time ? Plz share some healthy bread recipes that can be made in cooker.
Anonymous
Hi tried ur bread today, it was said to bake for 35 mins but within 15 mins my bread top turned brown and I had to remove it. Pls tell me where I went wrong
Aarthi
@Anonymousit depends on your oven, if it gets dark, then place a foil over it, dont cover it conpletely, just place a sheet of foil over it and contine baking
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can make, just cook for the mentioned time. if it is not done cook longer
sowmiya ponnuswamy
Hi,I tired baking dis bread today..I followed as per ur measurement...top layer of d bread bcum harder but inside was soft..can u plz tel me we're I went wrong...
Aarthi
@sowmiya ponnuswamycover the toop with some damp cloth for few mins, it will turn soft.
Anonymous
For me too the top layer turned out really hard. Cover with a damp cloth as in keep it in a box n cover it or just put a damp cloth on the loaf???
Aarthi
@Anonymouscover the top of the loaf with some damp cloth for few mins. Any way next day the loaf will turn soft, it will be having hard crust only after baking
poorna vikram
What brand yeast can we use for the recipe....
Aarthi
@poorna vikrami get a yeast from my supermarket. It is their own brand
Anonymous
HI aarthi,
Thanks for sharing the recipe..
Today i Tried... and the top part became dark brown in 10 - 15 min.. so i had to take it from oven ... inside is soft .. but outside is too hard... tried with damp cloth but not becoming soft .. what i have done wrong?
Aarthi
@Anonymousthe bread will turn soft the next day.
umamahi
can we reduce this recipe to half?thanks:)
Aarthi
@umamahiyes u can reduce but the baking time with reduce too.
Deeksha Pathak
Hi aarti ...lovely bread....what size of tin we need for this measurement... Please tell depth also
Aarthi
@Deeksha Pathakit is a 500 gram loaf tin
Gomathy Shri Venugopalan
Hi arthi, I tried your recipe. Bread was soft n tasty. But it did not get browned on top. It was white. If I bake for more time then it becomes hard at the edges n sides. Please suggest what I need to do for a brown top layer.
Gomathy Shri Venugopalan
I use prestige otg oven
Aarthi
@Gomathy Shri Venugopalanthe browning depends on each oven. So dont worrry about that
Gomathy Shri Venugopalan
Can u you pls suggest me some tip on how to make top layer brown. It dose not look good if its not brown on top.
Aarthi
@Gomathy Shri Venugopalanit mainly depends on your oven
Anonymous
hi mam really all ur recipes r super mam pls tell me in which mode v have to select for bake bread in otg with fan
Aarthi
@Anonymousfor baking bread, use baking mode or both coil on in OTG
Kalpana Sekar
The bread us porous but hard wat should I do
please help me out
Aarthi
@Kalpana Sekaru must have over baked it
Kalpana Sekar
Thank u aarthi. But I baked it at 180 fr 30 mins. Probably ill reduce the timing n check it out
Aarthi
@Kalpana Sekarokay
HARICHU
Excellent pics aarthi..dying to try it...I have a doubt..do I knead with hands? Lik chapathi or is it mixing with ladle..the pics don't show any hand kneading????
Aarthi
@HARICHUactually i didn't take pictures of that. but you have to knead it well using hands
umamahi
can we add more sugar to dis?
umamahi
and also can we proof d instant yeast lyk dis..so tat i think it can reduce d yeasty smell which is my problem here..whethr it ll wrk akka?
umamahi
how do i measure d loaf tin akka? i duno how many cups ll my loaf tin can hold..pls clarify me thanks:)
Aarthi
@umamahiregular size loaf tin is good for this
Aarthi
@umamahiinstant yeast dont need these steps..
Aarthi
@umamahiu can add sugar as per ur taste, but dont over do it
Anonymous
arthi
i try it but my bread is rubbery and very dry wat happend?
Aarthi
@Anonymousi think u must have not kneaded it well..
Anonymous
I tried so many time BT yeast don't active it remains a mixture...what should I do for activate yeast...
abhshk sahu
I have tried many time for activate yeast... BT it don't... Plz guide me
Deepika
Hi mam I'm having both instant yeast n dried yeast which is suitable bake for buns n bread. I tried in both yeast but it's not proving up wat to do. Can you please guide me...
Aarthi
activate yeast in luke warm water with a spoon of sugar. this will activate it
Vinita
Hello aarti.. I tried this bread receipe today and it came out tasty and soft but when I kept it for baking it flattened little form top.... May I know where I went wrong please...
Anonymous
Can u help me in making doughnuts
Anonymous
can I make this in otg
Aarthi
yes u can
Unknown
Hi Aarthi, I tried this recipe, everything was good but in taste I feel you should add more sugar. The taste was plain. I tried your stuffed braided bread which was tooo good. My kids and husband loved it so much. Thank you for your such great recipes.
PREETHA
Hi Aarthi,
Can you guide me how to check the bread baked perfectly inside?
Any tooth pick test like cake baking?
SDunston
I tried this today , I think the amount of yeast should be reduced . It tasted yeasty .