Perfect Bread
Ingredients
Directions
Mix flour with cold water to form a stiff dough.
Knead the dough to incorporate air for lightness.
Use hot water for softer bread or cold water for drier bread.
For best results, use iced water and knead well.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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