If you want to try your hand at the process of making homemade bread at home, there are many ways you can do it.
Each type of bread has different methods, ingredients, and difficulty when making it at home.
One trend that has spread widely on social media is making sourdough bread at home.
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The taste of freshly baked sourdough bread is liked by many. Plus, from chocolate to shredded cheese to jalapeños, there are endless ingredients you can add to sourdough bread to achieve unique flavors.
One thing baking beginners may not know about making sourdough bread is that it's a big time consuming process.
Homemade bread requires few ingredients and takes less time from start to finish, making it easy for beginners. (St. Petersburg)
When making sourdough bread, we do not use traditional yeast.
Instead, use a sourdough starter that combines flour and water. The yeast and bacteria in sourdough starter help the dough rise.
If you are just starting out with your sourdough starter, it will take a few days of preparation before you can finally use it.
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The process of establishing a sourdough starter consists of discarding some and adding fresh flour and water each day.
Next, you need to maintain your sourdough starter by “feeding” it regularly.
If you don't want the hassle of looking after a sourdough starter, it has similarities to artisan bread, but you can make it the same day you start preparing it.
Instead of using sourdough starter, artisan breads use instant yeast. (St. Petersburg)
There are very few ingredients needed to make homemade bread.
When cooked properly, artisan bread will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
The ingredients you need to make homemade bread are strong flour, instant yeast, salt, and warm water.
To make homemade bread, combine all the ingredients and stir until everything is well combined. You can mix the ingredients using a wooden spoon or a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook.
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Once the ingredients are successfully combined, the most timely part of the process begins. Fortunately, this step requires no additional work.
Place the dough in an oiled bowl and cover until doubled in size.
The most time-consuming part of artisan bread making is waiting for the dough to double in size, which usually takes several hours. (St. Petersburg)
Artisan bread, similar to sourdough bread, is baked in a Dutch oven. Once the bread has risen, place the Dutch oven, covered, in the oven until the temperature reaches 450 degrees.
Now it's time to stretch and fold. Stretching and folding the dough is also done in the production of sourdough bread.
Wet your hands with a little water or dust them with flour to make the dough easier to handle.
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Next, pull the dough up from one side and gently fold the dough over. Then flip the bowl over, stretch this side of the dough up and fold it over again. Then rotate and repeat. You need to do this at least 4 times.
Next, shape the dough into loaves, place on a cookie sheet and leave for another 30 minutes.
Our artisan breads are baked in a Dutch oven. (St. Petersburg)
After 30 minutes, use a knife or bread glitter to score along the bread.
You can create a single long score along the pan, or use decorative scores to create unique designs.
At this point, carefully remove the Dutch oven from the oven. Don't forget your oven mitts.
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Next, gently lift the cookie sheet with the bread on top and place it inside the Dutch oven.
Typically, baking the Dutch oven with the lid on in the oven for 30 minutes, then removing the lid and baking for an additional 10 minutes will give you the perfect loaf.
