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To Make Bread Without Yeast

A simple yeast-free bread made with flour, salt, baking powder, and water, boiled or steamed and served with meat or sweeteners.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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To Make Bread Without Yeast

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the dough

  1. In a bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking powder.

  2. Add water to form a light, firm dough.

  3. Knead quickly with floured hands.

  4. Shape into balls the size of small eggs.

Cook and serve

  1. Plunge into boiling water and cook for about 20 minutes.

  2. Alternatively, steam in a single layer above boiling water.

  3. Serve with meat and gravy, or with treacle or sugar.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Flour
Forms the main structure of the dough once mixed with water.
Baking powder
Releases gas that helps the dough rise and become light.
Water
Hydrates the flour so it binds into a dough.

The step that matters

Knead quickly. Overworking develops gluten and toughens the dough, while baking powder starts releasing gas as soon as it is wet. Brief handling keeps the bread light and tender.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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