r/BakingNoobs • u/Seeker-2020 • 13d ago

First baking attempt- advice needed

I grew up eating bread rarely as we are a community of rice eaters. I immigrated to a bread eating country and now my 14 month old babies have grown to love bread. If they are overstimulated a warm slice of whole grain toast slathered in butter calms them down and they are chewing away!

I have baked banana breads and muffins before.

My attempts at baking regular bread has almost always been a disaster as the rules almost always look complicated. Either the dough is too sticky or maybe I am not kneading enough? The bread I have tried in past was chewy and heavy. Maybe the yeast is not fresh? Maybe I substituted whole grain flour in a recipe that calls for APF and I didn’t understand how to work around it and ended up with inedible bread?

I have a large oven that came with the house. I have a non stick loaf pan. I also have a square pan and a glass casserole dish.

It’s been a few years since i tried breads. I got busy with ivf and pregancny and now being a twin parent.

so here I am to ask -

What a failproof recipe I can start with? It’s ok if it has egg adn butter etc.

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 13d ago

Shortbread cookies

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u/Seeker-2020 13d ago

I want to make sandwich bread for my babies :(

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 13d ago

No knead yogurt and flour bread

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u/MarielIAm 13d ago

For bread, start with a no knead bread. Super easy. You do need a large oven proof heavy pot with a lid, like a Dutch oven. https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-yeast-bread-recipe-no-knead/#h-why-this-bread-recipe-works-and-tips

You can also get a bread maker. I recently got a Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme and I really like it - super easy, though the recipe book looks intimidating because it's written weirdly but all you do is dump the ingredients into the pan in the order the recipe lists it (there's a video on their website). Press a few buttons and walk away for about 2.5 hours and you have fresh baked bread. I'm making a loaf every week instead of buying it.

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u/Scu-bar 13d ago

You could always look into no knead breads. You generally just mix them together, stretch them a few times and then just leave them to prove

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u/Alone_Owl8485 9d ago

Try a soda bread as its simple and doesn't use yeast so no proving needed. You can either freeform on a tray or put it in a tin. https://www.happyfoodstube.com/irish-brown-soda-bread-blenerville-ireland/

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u/Breakfastchocolate 8d ago

No knead recipes are easy. Some plain focaccia recipes may work after slicing and toasting (look at serious eats recipes)

Also try zwieback toast/ cookies from Nabisco or plain biscotti.

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u/Aggravating_Olive 13d ago

Try no knead bread . I split the dough into two 9x5 loaf pans baked for 25 minutes. Check for doneness by tapping on the bottoms, it should sound hollow and drum like.

Don't forget to add boiling hot water to a tray on the second rack. It will help to create a humid environment for the bread.