Bread without a starter
Description
Perfect with tea and coffee. Do you want to treat your family on the weekend with tasty homemade bread, but you don’t have a special starter, a bread machine, and you don’t want to wait long? There’s a solution: bake bread without a preferment; it’s very simple and fairly quick, and the result will definitely please. Even the most inexperienced baker will get a good loaf. Watch the step‑by‑step recipe Can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Mix flour, salt, sugar, and crumble the yeast.
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Step 3
Make a well in the flour, pour in one full cup and one‑third cup of warm water.
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Step 4
Knead the dough.
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Step 5
Three times, at 45‑minute intervals, knead the dough by stretching and folding.
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Step 6
After three folds, the dough is ready to work; it has increased in size, becoming fluffy and porous.
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Step 7
Dust the work surface of the table with flour, place the dough, and roll it out into a sheet.
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Step 8
Fold the top corners of the dough inward.
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Step 9
Make one turn toward the center.
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Step 10
Fold the sides of the dough toward the center.
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Step 11
Roll the dough into a log, seal the edge of the dough very well, otherwise the bread may lose its shape during baking.
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Step 12
Roll the dough into a log, seal the edge of the dough very well, otherwise the bread may lose its shape during baking.
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Step 13
Place the dough on a baking sheet to proof and let it rest for 45–60 minutes.
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Step 14
After 45–60 minutes, make cuts in the dough with a sharp knife, and preheat the oven to 250 °C.
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Step 15
Bake the bread for the first 10 minutes at 250 °C, then lower the temperature to 180 °C and bake for another 40 minutes. Place the finished bread on a rack so it can finish rising.
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Step 16
The bread turned out tasty, aromatic with a crunchy crust and, at the same time, fairly quick. I have no strength to wait for it to cool completely.