Skip to main content

Bread

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Bread

Oven, in the book's wordsA gentle oven

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Prepare a large pan or trough for mixing the dough.

  2. Sift the yeast and mix it with warm water.

  3. Gradually add flour and salt to the yeast mixture, stirring with a strong spoon.

  4. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic.

  5. Place the dough in a warm area to rise until doubled in size.

  6. Shape the dough into loaves and place in a baking pan.

  7. Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) until golden brown.

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.

More bread recipes

Pudding 1,021Brown 420Graham 389Boston Brown 349Sauce 282Potato 263 See all 200 →

You might also like

Spanish BunSpanish Bun44 recipesQueen CakeQueen Cake41 recipesCheese ToastCheese Toast38 recipesRaised Yeast BiscuitsRaised Yeast Biscuits34 recipes