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🍽️ Crunchy White Bread

415 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 50 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
  2. 2. Combine both types of flour, dry yeast, sugar, and salt in a large bowl and mix them.
  3. 3. Gradually add up to 200 milliliters of lukewarm water and knead the dough until it is smooth and pliable.
  4. 4. If necessary, add a little more flour or water to achieve the right consistency.
  5. 5. Knead the dough vigorously for another five minutes to incorporate air.
  6. 6. Place the dough in a bowl, cover it, and let it rise in the turned-off oven for about one hour.
  7. 7. The dough is ready when it has doubled in volume and shows cracks on the surface.
  8. 8. Stir the starch into about 200 milliliters of water until it is dissolved.
  9. 9. Bring the mixture to a boil, remove it from the heat, and let it cool down to lukewarm.
  10. 10. Take the dough out of the oven and switch the temperature to 250 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
  11. 11. Place an oven-safe dish with hot water in the oven to create steam.
  12. 12. Knead the dough briefly again and shape it into an oblong loaf.
  13. 13. Work in a little flour if necessary to prevent the dough from sticking.
  14. 14. Place the loaf on a greased baking sheet.
  15. 15. Score the surface of the bread several times diagonally.
  16. 16. Brush the bread with some of the prepared starch solution.
  17. 17. Put the bread in the oven and bake it for about 10 minutes.
  18. 18. Reduce the temperature to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat and bake the bread for another 45 minutes.
  19. 19. Reheat the remaining starch solution.
  20. 20. Brush the finished bread with it to give it a shine.

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