中文菜谱：白面包吐司

Haven’t baked any loaf lately since summer is here. One day, out of nowhere, I had a sudden strong desire for a piece of soft and warm and fluffy freshly baked bread. O(∩_∩)O~

Ingredients：

350 g bread flour
1 teaspoon yeast
40g sugar
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
150g whole milk
35g melted butter

Directions：

Microwave the milk for about 15 seconds. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and yeast. Whisk and allow them to sit for 5 to 8 minutes.

In the stand mixer mixing bowl, add bread flour, sugar and salt. Whisk the dry ingredients together and then add milk and yeast mixture along with an egg.

Start stand mixer and set speed at 2. Knead for a couple minutes. Everything should come together at this point. Add butter while kneading.

Continue to knead at speed 2 until the dough can pass window panel test. There is no time set here. All you need to do is to check from time to time.

Cover the bowl with lid. The dough will rise double in size in about 50 to 60 minutes depending on the room temperature.

Transfer the dough to a large dusted wooden board . Punch down and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and allow it to rest for 10 minutes.

Equally divide the dough into 4 pieces. With a rolling pin , roll each piece thin and flat.

Roll them up

Place them side by side in a loaf pan with lid

Wait until they double in size again.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375F/190C

Cover the loaf pan with its lid. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes.

Unmold it as soon as it comes out for oven. Cool on a cooling rack

Now it is time to enjoy!

The warm doughy scent when the bread is baking is so comforting that I think I can stay in the kitchen the whole day O(∩_∩)O~

My favorite way to eat freshly baked loaf is to tear it apart with fingers and then enjoy it piece by piece. Forget the bread knife. This is I think the best way to enjoy this soft and fluffy bread.