Mankomos Farmhouse Bread Recipes

MANKOMO 'S FARMHOUSE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.Mix all the dry ingredients. Add the melted butter. Gradually mix in the water and knead until you have an elastic dough that comes away from the sides of the bowl. Knead for at least 10 minutes if you're doing it by hand, and three minutes if you're using a food mixer. Allow to rise in a warm place, covering the bowl with cling wrap or placing it inside a plastic bag until the dough has doubled in volume. Knead brie. Fry and place in two medium-sized bread pans. Cover and allow to rise again until it's doubled in volume. Bake at 200 ° C for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 180 ° C for a further 45 minutes or so - until the loaves give a hollow sound when they're turned out and you knock on them with your knuckles.

FARMHOUSE WHITE SANDWICH BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to the bowl of an electric stand mixer or to a large mixing bowl. Combine until a dough is formed that holds together and does not stick to the sides of bottom of the bowl. If it seems too dry and crumbly, add more water a teaspoon at a time. If it's too sticky, add more flour.
• Knead the dough by machine or hand for ten to fifteen minutes, until it is smooth, soft, and reaches the windowpane stage (meaning that when the dough is stretched, a translucent area appears). If using a stand mixer, allow the machine to rest every five minutes.
• Shape the dough gently into a ball and place into a clean, lightly oiled bowl. Cover with a clean, damp tea towel and place into a warm place to rise. Let the dough rise 60 minutes, until it is puffy and has doubled in size.
• Gently stretch the dough into a rectangle, with the short side of the rectangle as long as the long side of the loaf pan you will be using for baking. Tuck in the corners and top of the dough, and roll into a long. Pinch the seams closed and place the loaf, seam side down, into a lightly oiled loaf pan.
• Cover with heavily greased plastic wrap and place in a warm place to rise again, until the dough rises to be one inch above the top of the loaf pan. When it is ready, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously flour the top of the loaf with flour.
• Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes, until the dough is 200-210 degrees internally and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from loaf pan and allow to cool fully on wire rack. Bread stays fresh 2 days at room temperature, or 2 months frozen.

MANKOMO'S FARMHOUSE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200C / 392°F.
• Mix all the dry ingredients and then add the butter if using.
• Gradually mix in the water and knead until you have an elastic dough which comes away from the sides of the bowl. If kneading by hand, do so for 10 minutes, 3 minutes with a food mixer.
• Allow to rise in a warm place, covering the bowl with clingwrap until the dough has doubled in size.
• Knead again lightly and place in a bread tin (at this point you can divide the dough if it is too much for one tin).
• Leave to rise again until doubled.
• Bake at 200C/392F for 15 minutes, then turn the oven down to 180C/356F and bake for a further 45 minutes or so, or until the loaves sound hollow when tipped out and knocked with your knuckles.
• You can use a variety of different flours in this recipe, as long as you end up with 1kg of flour in total.

FARMHOUSE BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and 1 cup warm water in a large mixing bowl. Let rest 10-15 minutes.
• Add salt, sugar, shortening and 3 1/3 cups warm water.
• Gradually mix in 10 cups of flour. Add up to 2 more cups until dough is no longer sticky.
• Knead for 10 minutes. Cover the bowl and let rise for 1 hour until dough doubles in size.
• Punch down dough, form into 4 loaves, place into loaf pans and let rise again until double in size(about an hour).
• Place in preheated oven at 375 degrees and bake until golden brown (about 35 Minutes).
• This recipe also works well halfed.
• For whole wheat bread, substitute 4 cups of whole wheat flour mixed with 6 to 8 cups of white flour.
• I cool slice and freeze the extra laoves for later.