No Kneed Bead Dough! I LOVE homemade bread and we bake it at least once a week over the winter months. This is a great recipe but it is also a quick, easy, cost efficient gift that people love to get. You can place it in a cute basket with a jar of jam. We made prickly pear jam and corn cob jelly this year that is being pared with mine. (Really, they are very good! The corn cob jelly tastes like mild honey.) You could also give a round cast iron skillet if you wanted to make the gift larger, along with the bread for anyone who loves rustic homemade cooking. Blessings everyone! Ingredients: 4 ½ cups bread flour (Melissa here-all purpose works fine. If using whole wheat, you may want to add 3 Tablespoons of vital wheat gluten to help with the rise) 2 teaspoon active quick rising dry yeast 2 teaspoon salt (Any herbs or spices as desired, such as parsley, sage or chives.) Directions: In a medium sized bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients. Transfer the mixture to the mason jar using a measuring cup and a canning funnel. Seal the jar and tie up with ribbon or twine. Decorate as desired. Tie a pretty recipe card on with the directions to bake: To make: In a large bowl, empty the contents of the jar, and pour in 1 1/4 cups of warm water + 1 tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar. Stir until no dry patches remain. Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise 1 1/2 hours. Preheat oven and baking stone to 450 degrees. Punch dough down and remove it from the bowl. Using your hands, pull the sides of the dough down and to the bottom until you have a round loaf. Place on a piece of parchment. Let rest 40 minutes. Just before baking, dust the top with flour and slash three times. Transfer the dough with the parchment onto the baking stone, cast iron skillet or large bread pan. Bake for 24-30 minutes. Let cool before slicing and eating.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:03:27 +0000
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