Hello!
It’s been a while – I took a break to update my cooking and baking skills but I’m back!
I have been obsessing a bit about bread recently, and I tried quite a few new recipes.
Today I am going to share this fabulous and very easy recipe for a loaf of super soft and fragrant bread!
I have made quite a few loaves of this bread and each time, the bread hadn’t lasted for longer than 20 minutes after I took it out of the oven. My mom, the LAM, our 2 kids and I behaved like we hadn’t had food for days.
It was literally, now you see bread… and now you don’t! 😀
I always believe that good things should be shared, so here’s how to make this yummy bread!
If you have a bread maker, you can use it to knead the bread. If not, you can always knead the dough by hand until it has reached windowpane stage.
Divide the dough into two equal parts.
Shape them into balls and place them on a tray that has been lightly greased. Spray the dough with a little water and cover with a piece of damp cloth and rest the dough for 15 minutes.
Roll each ball into a rough rectangle.
Roll into a log.
Return the dough into the tray. Cover with the damp cloth and rest for another 15 minutes.
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out again.
Roll into a log and pinch the seams to seal.
Place the dough into a 20x10x10cm baking pan which has been lightly greased.
Spray with a little water then let the dough proof for about 50 minutes or until they have almost reached the rim of the baking pan. I usually place the dough in the oven at 35°C to proof.
Brush the dough with milk.
Bake at 170°C for 50 minutes. If the top of the bread gets too brown, place a piece of aluminium foil over it and continue baking.
Once the bread is done, turn it out onto a wire rack immediately and cool completely.
Slice and enjoy!
My dear readers,
Thank you for all your inquiries and encouragement! It is happening! I have officially started Cooking & Baking Classes! To commemorate this special milestone, I am giving away a pair of tickets to one reader for this event!
Date: 13 August 2016
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Bosch Experience Centre
CLASS DESCRIPTION
What you will learn:
One-Pot Pasta with Spiced Chicken and Oregano Breadcrumbs
Strawberry Parfait (Sponge-caked based)
What you will prepare:
One serving of pasta
6 Strawberry parfaits
What the fee includes:
Ingredients for the class
Use of kitchen equipment
Containers for bringing food and dessert home
Recipe printout
Limited to maximum 12 participants on a first-come-first-served basis.
To purchase tickets. please click here.
- 270g Prima Bread flour
- 30g Prima Top flour/ Prima Cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 egg
- 30g caster sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 160ml heavy cream
- Use either a bread maker or knead the dough by hand until it has reached windowpane stage.
- Divide the dough into two equal parts.
- Shape them into balls and place them on a tray that has been lightly greased. Spray the dough with a little water and cover with a piece of damp cloth and rest the dough for 15 minutes.
- Roll each ball into a rough rectangle. Roll into a log.
- Return the dough into the tray. Cover with the damp cloth and rest for another 15 minutes.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out again. Roll into a log and pinch the seams to seal.
- Place the dough into a 20x10x10cm baking pan which has been lightly greased.
- Spray with a little water then let the dough proof for about 50 minutes or until they have almost reached the rim of the baking pan. I usually place the dough in the oven at 35°C to proof.
- Brush the top of the dough with milk.
- Bake at 170°C for 50 minutes. If the top of the bread gets too brown, place a piece of aluminium foil over it and continue baking.
- Once the bread is done, turn it out onto a wire rack immediately and cool completely.
- I use 65g eggs for all my bakes.
- You can also make the bread entirely using a breadmaker but the bread will be slightly denser in texture.
- The bread cab be stored in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.
- As no preservatives was added, the bread may harden slightly from the second day. Simply warm the bread in the microwave for 10-20 seconds to soften.
Hi Diana, thank you for your step by step instructions. I am using mixer to knead, do I have to activate the yeast separately first or just put everything into the mixer to knead?
Hi Elaine you should be able to put all in. Just make sure you place the yeast and salt on opposite sides.
Want to learn how to bake bread
I love baking and exchanging baking experience.. Testing out new recipes and tweaking to improve existing ones.. Hope to win! Bonus entries done!
I always love the recipes you posted but what a pity ,l live in KL.if not I am sure to attend your cooking class anyway .Thank You very very much for sharing the recipes to us.i really like your cooking.
As a busy mum, I like to cook one-pot dish which minimises washng of pot and wok. I would like to learn how to prepare some one-pot pasta dishes. My kids are tired of my Spaghetti Bolognese using the off-the-shelf sauce.
Hi, did I miss the recipe?
I would like to learn breadmaking without breadmaker. thank you.
Hi Diana, I am using a mixer to knead the dough. Do I need to activate the yeast separately first or mix everything together? Thank you.
I love cakes and want to bake as many cakes as possible using the simplest recipes *grins*
Am also very keen on the strawberry parfait too and one pot pasta *yums*
Love your recipes – I’ve tried some of your bread and cakes recipes! Would love to learn how to cook normal dishes so I can feed my family proper meals haha.
Your blog got me really really tempted, with all the gorgeous food masterpiece, to try out baking! Finally got down to it and invested in getting an oven and mixer! Still a total amateur at this and would love to learn how to bake cakes and use the oven for preparing other kind of food as well! Hope to win the giveaway to figure how to know how to work with the mixtures when mixing.
Hi Diana, I had attended one of your hands-on session at Gain City back in June. I would like to learn how to bake chiffon cakes.
Always loved to try to learn how to make those cheese loaf that I love to get from 4 leaves.
Baking and cooking for loved ones are my passion. Hope to learn from an expert like yourself to gain more tips in these areas.
Dear Diana, as I’m a noob in baking, I would love to be able to learn from you.. to bake preservative-free bread/cakes for my family! Yay! *\(^_^)/*
I love to bake & really hope to learn more about baking nice & soft bread. Hope to have a chance to learn from you in person. 🙂
Hi Diana
I’m not using a bread maker. Please advise, the steps taken to incorporate the yeast, flour and cream.
Thank you.
Pls see http://thedomesticgoddesswannabe.com/2015/03/chocolate-bread-with-oreo-cream-cheese/
http://thedomesticgoddesswannabe.com/2015/05/wholemeal-honey-bread/
My 12 year old son loves baking bread and is constantly looking for new recipes to try. I think that I will get him to try this one as I could do with a nice warm loaf today! Thanks.
Hi Kate that is awesome! I hope my kids will love baking as they grow older too! I hope you all enjoy this bread!!
Diana, wishing you every success in your new venture!
Can i bake this using the panasonic SD-P104 BM all the way and not having to work on the dough?
Hi Diana!
I can’t find Prima flour at my local bakery/supermarket. What would be the best substitute for it?