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Baking Bread

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Baking Bread

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

  1. Shape the dough into loaves.

  2. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

  3. Test the oven by sprinkling a teaspoon of flour in a patty pan for five minutes; it should turn light golden-brown.

  4. Place the loaves directly on the oven shelf and bake for 30 minutes.

  5. Turn the loaves and bake for another hour, allowing the oven to cool slightly.

  6. Avoid opening the oven door frequently.

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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