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Easy Homemade Bread

A basic six-ingredient loaf or bun dough, mixed in a food processor or by hand and baked at a low temperature.

Video

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Ingredients

6 items

  • 2 cups Water (or milk)
  • 1/4 cup Oil (or butter)
  • 1/4 cup Honey (or date syrup or jaggery)
  • 2 teaspoons Salt
  • 6 cups Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Yeast

Instructions

7 steps

  1. Combine all the ingredients and mix the dough, using a food processor or kneading by hand.
  2. Sprinkle flour on the dough and shape it into a smooth, neat ball.
  3. Cover and let it rise for about 1 hour, until doubled in size.
  4. Punch the dough down, divide it into portions, and shape into loaves or buns.
  5. Let the shaped dough rise again for 40 minutes.
  6. Bake loaves at 160°C for 25 minutes, or buns at 150°C for 18 minutes. An air fryer oven works too.
  7. Brush the top with butter to soften the crust, then cover with a kitchen napkin for 5 minutes to trap the heat.

Cooking tips

  • Rayo lists six basics: liquid, salt, fat, yeast, sweetener and flour, and says any of the suggested swaps work.
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