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Homemade rustic bread recipe9/12/2023 ![]() Instant yeast doesn’t need to by re-hydrated or “proofed” the way active dry yeast does, and it can just be mixed in with your dry ingredients.Īnd as far as the “folding” goes before you bake the dough, a good way to think about it is to visualize folding a business letter: top down about a third of the way, bottom up to meet the top edge. Specifically, rather than “proofing” active dry yeast with water that’s 110 degrees F and a little sugar, and then waiting 5-10 minutes to see if it gets bubbly, I recommend the nearly fool-proof method of using instant yeast instead. And as I mentioned in my naan recipe a while back, you can mitigate a lot of the potential issues with the yeast. Sure, you may have a little trouble with your yeast or handling the dough, but you will get the hang of it. It does take quite a bit of time, but most of it isn’t active work-letting the bread starter ferment and waiting for the dough to rise (twice) take up nearly all of the prep time. After several months of trial and error (it was a loooong winter), we finally felt like we figured out how to make a loaf of rustic bread that rivaled some of our favorite bakeries.ĭespite the lengthy instructions below, I promise this recipe is not nearly as complicated as it seems at first glance. ![]() We tried methods from each, but ultimately decided that there were aspects from all of the books that we liked. I had never seen so much snow in my life.Īaron, in particular, became engrossed in every bread book he could get his hands on- The Bread Bible, Tartine Bread, and My Bread, being the top three. I think it was inspired by a combination of missing Tartine and needing a hobby to help us get through an absolutely brutal Boston winter. When Aaron and I first moved back from San Francisco, we both got really into bread baking. And so what if your first bread-making attempt is a major flop? It’s really only flour and a little yeast that you’ve wasted. This rustic bread recipe though? This one’s easy.Īs with most things in life, practice makes perfect. There have been countless times where I’ve ended up with a lump of dough that never rises or a dense bread that’s barely edible. This rustic bread recipe is a great place to start because the process is actually really simple!īaking bread is one of those things that can be super intimidating, at least initially. Baking bread can often be quite intimidating, and at first, it can be tricky to determine whether you’ve let it rise or kneaded it enough. ![]()
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