Forever unable to leave well enough alone, I kept tinkering with my white bread recipe after posting it, with an aim to make a quicker, easier version. I settled on an "enriched" white bread that uses milk and eggs. This new recipe is unbelievably easy to put together. The eggs give the loaf a little extra lift in the oven, resulting in a nice, domed top. Happily, it tastes just as good as the original.
**I highly recommend measuring ingredients with a baking scale. This recipe is really tough to get right measuring by volume.**
Ingredients
- 65 g (1/3 Cup) Sugar
- 165 g (2/3 Cup) Boiling Water
- 280 g (1 1/4 Cups) Milk, preferably whole
- 80 g (1/3 Cup + 1 Tbsp) Oil, any kind, plus extra for greasing pan
- 2 Tsp Guar
- 2 Large Eggs, or 100 g beaten egg
- 9 g (1 packet, 2 1/4 Tsp) Dry Active Yeast
- 40 g (1/3 Cup + 1 Tbsp measured as whole seeds, or 1/3 cup + 2 Tsp measured as ground meal) Golden Flax Meal
- 430 g White Rice Flour (4 2/3 Cups White Rice Flour or 3 1/4 Cups Superfine)
- 180 g (1 2/3 Cups) Tapioca Starch/Flour
- 20 g (1 Tbsp + 1 Tsp) Salt
Time
About 2 1/2 hours + cooling time, but very little actual work
About 2 1/2 hours + cooling time, but very little actual work
Yield
1 9-inch loaf
1 9-inch loaf
Instructions
Set some water to boil and add the 65 g sugar into the food processor. When the water is boiling, add 165 g boiling water to the processor and mix until no grains of sugar are visible. Add the 280 g milk, 80 g oil, 2 tsp guar, 2 large eggs, and 9 g yeast, and mix again. Let the mixture sit in the food processor, covered or uncovered, for 15 minutes. While it rests, mix the rest of the ingredients together in a separate bowl (40 g golden flax meal, 430 g white rice flour, 180 g tapioca starch, and 20 g salt). Oil your loaf pan. When the 15 minutes have elapsed, add the dry ingredients and mix again (if your food processor isn't big enough, mix the dry ingredients with the wet in a large bowl instead, working quickly.). Scrape the dough into the loaf pan, and smooth it using a flexible spatula or damp fingers. Cover the pan with its lid, and sit it in a warm place to rise. The bread should rise for about 40 minutes, or until it's nearing the top of the pan. At that point, remove the lid and preheat the oven to 350. When the oven is ready, the bread should have risen just past the top of the pan. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes, or until browned.
The bread can be removed from the loaf pan after 10 minutes to help it cool faster, but should not be cut for at least an hour, unless you'll eat it all right away. When the bread has cooled completely, put it in an airtight container or bag and store at room temperature. Once it's too stale to eat without toasting, slice the rest, and put the slices in the fridge or freezer.
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Thanks for sharing your adventures with us! Have you tried this with non-dairy milk? What do you recommend? Does it turn our similar? CHEERS!!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried, but I expect it would be fine. Since I use whole milk, I'd go with something on the thick side, if you have the option.
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DeleteIt works great with almond milk. This recipe has helped me so much. THANK YOU for it -- you have improved my quality of life! <3
ReplyDeleteIt works great with almond milk. This recipe has helped me so much. THANK YOU for it -- you have improved my quality of life! <3
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ReplyDeleteI have a gluten free flour which contains sorghum, tapioca, bengal gram, brown rice and guar gum. Do you think this recipe or the sandwich bread recipe will work with it?
Probably not. If you know how much guar is in the mix, you might have a chance, but I gel mine in liquid rather than mixing it with the flour.
DeleteHi Jessica,
DeleteThank you for your reply... Another question... Can I make the same thing with brown rice flour? Also if in the above flour I just add 1/2 tsp of guar, do you think it will work? I have tried calling the producer but havent been able to get in touch with them to find out the quantity of guar in the flour..
You can try assuming the guar in the mix will do very little, and follow the whole grain sandwich bread recipe, adding up the flour weights and using that amount of mix. It may or may not work, and you still need to put in all the binder called for.
DeleteHi Jessica,
DeleteThe problem is that I am not being able to find psyllium anywhere in India.... So wanted to ask you if I could make the easier white bread recipe with brown rice flour keeping everything else like your recipe?? I just got a packet of that.
Regarding the brown rice substitution, that's worth a try, if you don't mind the possibility of wasting ingredients. Make sure to weigh everything. You may find psyllium sold as fiber capsules in the pharmacy. It takes a long time to break open the capsules, but it is the same ingredient.
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DeleteWell I did try the brown rice option but unfortunately it didnt work.. The dough was too crumbly, so added more warm water. it still wasnt as yours was (cake batter kinds) it was more sticky cookie dough consistency. But then it just didnt cook.. I kept it in my microwave convection for close to 70 mins... but still uncooked bread.... So back to trying it with white rice flour tom... Hope I have more success with that
Hi. Would it work if I left out all the sugar? If not would 1 tablespoon be enough just for the yeast to grow?
ReplyDeleteThe yeast eat most of the sugar. I would suggest following it as written.
DeleteDo you think I can substitute almond or coconut flour for the sweet rice flour? Also, can I substitute Resistant Wheat Starch for the Tapioca starch. Trying to get this as low carb as possible. Thank you so much for your advice.
DeleteThank you for sharing this recipe. I use sweet dairy whey (powder) to substitute for milk in traditional bread recipes. Do you think this recipe will work without the milk? Thanks.
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