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🍽️ Fluffy Yeast Wheat Bread

2981 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g Wheat wholemeal flour
• 500 g Wheat flour Type 405
• 1 Cube Yeast (42 g)
• 1 Pinch Sugar
• 250 ml lukewarm milk
• 250 ml lukewarm water
• 3 tsp Sea salt
• 1 tsp Cornstarch
• Flour (for working)
• Butter (for the baking tray)

Instructions

1. 1. Mix the two types of flour in a large bowl.
2. 2. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
3. 3. Crumble the yeast into the well.
4. 4. Sprinkle the sugar over the yeast.
5. 5. Pour in the milk and water.
6. 6. Add the salt.
7. 7. Knead the dough until it is smooth and pliable.
8. 8. Lightly dust the dough with flour.
9. 9. Place the bowl in the oven preheated to 50 degrees Celsius.
10. 10. Cover the bowl.
11. 11. Keep the oven door slightly ajar using a wooden spoon handle.
12. 12. Let the dough rise for 45 minutes.
13. 13. Check if the volume of the dough has doubled.
14. 14. Look for cracks appearing on the surface.
15. 15. Mix the cornstarch with 250 milliliters of water.
16. 16. Bring the mixture to a boil once.
17. 17. Let the liquid cool down until it is lukewarm.
18. 18. Prepare your floured work surface.
19. 19. Take out the dough.
20. 20. Knead the dough vigorously.
21. 21. Work in some extra flour if necessary.
22. 22. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
23. 23. Shape a round loaf of bread.
24. 24. Grease a baking sheet.
25. 25. Place the loaf on the baking sheet.
26. 26. Cover the loaf.
27. 27. Let the loaf rise at room temperature for 30 minutes.
28. 28. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Celsius.
29. 29. Place a heatproof bowl with boiling hot water in the oven.
30. 30. Stir the cooled starch solution again.
31. 31. Brush the loaf with the starch solution.
32. 32. Score the loaf diagonally several times with a sharp knife.
33. 33. Bake the bread in the oven for 10 minutes.
34. 34. Reduce the oven temperature to 200 degrees Celsius.
35. 35. Finish baking the bread for another 50 minutes.
36. 36. Warm the remaining starch solution again.
37. 37. Brush the fresh-out-of-the-oven bread with it.
38. 38. Let the bread cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 2981
• Protein: 104 g · Fett/Fat: 33 g · Carbs: 558 g