Friday, March 15, 2013

Scalded Flour Bread – Baking Partners Challenge


This is wonderful challenge from Baking Group. Here we learn more about baking. This month Swathi gave Preparing bread by using two methods. I choose Scalded method. It is the softy and perfect bread. After baking the bread, it is finished within 1 hour. My son asked me I want some more. Thank you Swathi for sharing such a wonderful recipe with us. 







Adapted from Cornercafe

Ingredients
Scalded Flour
Bread flour/All purpose flour(APF) – 100 gm
Boiling water – 100 ml

Main Dough
Bread flour – 350 gm
Milk – 25 ml
Caster Sugar – 35 gm
Salt – 5 gm (1 tsp)
Instant Yeast – 8 gm
Lukewarm water, adjust as necessary – 200 ml (approx)
Butter, chopped into small pieces at room temperature – 35 g
Dates chopped – 5
Almonds chopped – 10

Method
Scalded Flour

  1. Take APF in a bowl, pour boiling hot water and stir quickly until combined with no more visible dry flour.
  2. It should be a clumpy dough mixture.
  3. Set aside for 5 minutes without covering.
  4. After 5 minutes cover with cling film and let cool to room temperature for 30 mins – 1 hour.

For the Main Dough

  1. Prepare a loaf tin.
  2. Sift bread flour/APF, sugar and salt onto the working surface.
  3. Add instant dry yeast and mix well. From the flour into a well.
  4. At this stage, add scalded flour mixture, and then add enough lukewarm water little by little to form into slightly sticky, soft dough.
  5. Knead for 10 mins until smooth and elastic.
  6. During hand kneading, the dough also needs to be thrown onto the working surface once every few minutes between kneading to improve the dough structure. (I usually pick up the dough to about head – high and throw it down onto the working surface 10 -20 times every few minutes between kneading.)
  7. Knead in butter until incorporated.
  8. From the dough into a round ball and let it rise until double in size in a large greased bowl, cover with cling film.
  9. It should be about 1 hour in warm water, longer in winter months.
  10. To taste the dough, dip a finger into the center of the bread and remove the finger.
  11. If the hole should remain it is ready.
  12. Punch down, knead briefly and form into a ball shape. Then let rest for 15 mins.
  13. With a rolling pin, roll out into a long oval shape. Then roll up from the short end like a Swiss roll. 
  14. Rest for 10 mins and repeat the rolling process, 
  15. At the last rolling process add chopped dates and dates. then place the roll –up dough into the tin.
  16. Cover loosely and rise until the dough has risen to almost the top of the tin.
  17. Bake in preheated 3500F for 30 to 35 mins or until golden brown.

30 comments:

  1. Beautiful loaf of bread! Love the addition of dates in it.

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  2. lovely post, nice loaf I must try this:)

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  3. Very nice technique for bread. looks soft and delicious.

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  4. Nice dear, the scalded flour is really new to me. Good to know this.

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  5. so soft n perfectly baked n sliced bread...well done!

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  6. Beautiful bread dear, you have made it so so well... looks superb

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  7. hi shailaja nice to know you through baking group.soft loaf of bread yumm.I didn't try the scaled method,yours look perfect.nice job.

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  8. Soft and yummy bread dear,beautifully baked,loved the addition of dates.

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  9. A perfect loaf of bread. Scalded method is new to me.

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  10. Shailaja you made beatuiful yummy bread. I love it.

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  11. Soft and delicious bread! Lovely idea of adding the dates!!
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  12. Bread looks soft and inviting. Lovely texture.

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  13. Havent tried bread with scalded method, will make some soon, love the addition of dates here.

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  14. Soft and beautifully baked bread...Nice addition of dates...

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  15. Delicious bread.Addition of almonds & dates makes it a perfect breakfast bread
    Tc,
    Humi

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  16. bread looks wonderful deliciously done

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  17. looks so soft, love adding dates.

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  18. I tried the scalded method too and was very impressed with the results..I love the bits of dates and almonds

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  19. very soft and tasty looking bread...

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  20. Looks so soft and songy. Well baked.

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  21. hi Shailaja..wow!! its raining breads here!!!yummy

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  22. lovely! That bread looks like a very soft chiffon cake!

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  23. Such a lovely color of the crust. How I wish I had that color too :)

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  24. Wonderful recipe. Hey thanks for linking this to ONLY EVENT.

    -Raksha

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