Showing posts with label bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bread. Show all posts
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Challah Wreath
Challah
Makes 2 wreaths
Ingredients
- 1 lb water
- 2 oz fresh yeast
- 2 lb 12 oz hi-gluten flour
- 4 oz sugar
- .75 oz salt
- 8 oz eggs
- 4 oz oil
- Mix yeast and water together first, then combine all ingredients together in mixing bowl and mix on low for 12 minutes.
- Ferment dough in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours. (Some people put it in the oven with the oven off but the light on.)
- Scale the dough into logs.* Each wreath will need 6 logs (3 of each size). So scale six - 6 oz logs, and six - 4 oz logs). Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Once the dough has rested, roll out each log into a long strand. Cover and let rest again for a few minutes then roll once more. The longer the strands the bigger your wreath will be.
- Braid 3 pieces of 6 oz strands together, pinching the ends. Do the same for the 4 oz strands.
- Egg wash the top of the 6 oz strand braid and place the 4 oz strand braid on top.
- Shape into a wreath, place on sheet pan with parchment and egg wash.
- Repeat steps 5 - 7 for your second wreath.
- Place sheet pan in oven once again withjust the light on for about 20 minutes or until dough has proofed.
- Egg wash again and then bake for about 30 minutes at 400 degrees F.
-amanda
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Time to Give Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Today is a day to give thanks for what we are grateful for.
Today (and everyday) I am grateful for:
- Life
- Love
- My wonderful family and friends
- That everyone I love is safe, happy and healthy
- The roof over my head, the food on the table and the clothes on my back
- Yesterday, today, tomorrow and all the days to come
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I had to make a bread centerpiece for my baking class and this is what I chose to do.
It turned out much better than I thought it would. :o)
The before and after baking photos.
It turned out much better than I thought it would. :o)
The before and after baking photos.
We were not allowed to use food color, so I used coffee extract, and red pepper to color the dough. Unfortunately you lose a lot of color during baking. The breads that I used were challah without yeast and a decorating dough and I used sesame seeds to give the turkey some texture.
-amanda
-amanda
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