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Bread-Making

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Bread-Making

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Ensure all utensils and containers are clean.

  2. Sift the flour once or twice to remove lumps.

  3. Mix the yeast and flour together.

  4. Knead the dough lightly towards the center.

  5. Allow the dough to rise at an even temperature.

  6. Do not disturb the dough while it is rising.

  7. Avoid making the dough too stiff; keep it soft for kneading.

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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