Making Bread My Way

My bread recipe:

5-5 1/2 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tablespoons yeast

2 cups warm water

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon salt

1 tablespoon olive oil

First you add the yeast, sugar and water to the mixing bowl. Let it sit until it looks like this. This what it looks like when the yeast is working!

Meanwhile, put 3 cups of flour and the salt in another bowl. Have your oil handy.

Add the flour salt and oil into the yeast mixture and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed. It will look like this.

Gradually add the rest of the flour until the dough is not sticky anymore. Sometimes you will use it all, sometimes you will not depending on the humidity. Kneed the dough for about 8 minutes while adding the flour.

It should resemble this when it is done.

Then put it in a greased bowl so it can rise. May take an hour or so. Cover with a cloth.

When it has risen it doubles in size.

Form the dough into whatever shape you like. Put it on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Let it rise again. Cover with a cloth.

Preheat the oven at 450 F with a dish of water inside the oven.

When it has risen, slide it in the oven for 13 minutes. Then lower the temp to 375F for another 12 minutes.

When it has finished baking it will look like this!

Put on a wire rack to cool!

Then enjoy!