white bread loaf 白吐司

Always on my mind, thinking.... How good if I can make my own bread and have a freshly bake bread in the oven...

You know, I don't have a good mixer or bread maker which can knead the dough and also need a long time to proof the dough and shaping and proofing again...... 

I really love to make bread because when you can smell the bread in your oven then you will forget all about the troublesome and hours to proof dough. I really miss my bread after I giving birth to my son Brian. I spend most of the time to take care of him , play with him and do housework. That's why I post less on cooking now.

Above WHITE LOAF photo was taken long time ago. Now only I have time to share the recipe with you.
A soft bread while freshly bake in the oven, I do not want to lie to you on this, any bread fresh bake from oven is so soft and heavenly smell good! This bread texture is a bit rough because I just use my hand to do the kneading and I am just the beginner on bread making.

Ingredients:

250g bread flour
1 tsp instant yeast
150g water
30g butter
a pinch of salt

1. Combine bread, yeast and water in a big bowl. Knead to become dough.
2. Combine butter and salt then add in into dough by rubbing into the dough.
3. Knead until dough become smooth. It may takes 20-30 minutes.
4. Proof and cover dough in a oiled bowl for an hour or dough become double in size.
5. Take out dough for shaping on a flat surface. Dust the surface with flour. Punch out air from dough.
6. Grease bread tin with butter. Place shaped dough in and proof for another hour or double in size.
7. Bake in preheated oven at 190℃ for 35 - 40 minutes or you can hear hollow sound when you tab the bottom of the bread tin.
8. Remove the bread from tin and let cool before slicing.