Bread Making

As a 'grande finale' to our Kitchen Chemistry Unit for science we made some bread.

We split into 5 groups and each group made a different kind of bread.

Brittany, James, Seamus and Annie made Foccacia Bread

FOCCACIA RECIPE

Water 430ml

Olive Oil 5.5 Tblsp

Salt 2.5 tsp

White Flour 720g

Yeast 2.5 tsp

Place the ingredients inside the bread pan in the order of the list.

Handshaping

1. Press the dough on a lightly floured surface with a pastry roll. Add any additional ingredient to the dough at this time.

2. Make an incision on the top of the dough

3. Stand in a warm area during 20 minutes

4. Baste the with water and a cooking brush.

5. Bake in a preheated oven at 220 degrees C for 25 minutes

6. Leave the Foccacia on a rack to cool down.

Jackson, Mary, Lisa and Dawn made Raisin Bread.

RAISIN BREAD RECIPE

3 tsp Yeast

2 Tblsp milk powder

3 cups of flour

1 tsp salt

3 tsp cinnamon

320ml water

1 tsp sugar

* 1 cup rasins (sultanas)
2 Tblsp butter

* Add after raisin beep

Kane, Caine, Jameisha, Lily and Erika made dough-buns.

BREAD ROLLS RECIPE

Dough:

Water 250ml

Sugar 1/4 cup

Egg 1x 60g

Bread improver 3/4 teaspoon

Margarine 2 tablespoons

Plain Flour 520g (3 and 1/4 cups)

Salt 1/2 teaspoon

Yeast 2 and 1/2 teaspoons

Topping

Margarine, melted.

1. Remove completed dough from bread pan. Line a baking tray with paper. Heat oven to 180 degrees C

2. Divide dough into 15 pieces and shape each piece into a ball. Place on the baking tray, cover and allow to rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
3. Brush with margarine. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Megan, Trishia, Rueben, Finn and Anastaja made white bread.

Tyler, Amy, Keegan and Melissa made white bread without yeast.

Everyone really enjoyed trying all of the delicious breads. The favourites of the day were the raisin bread (which tasted just like Hot Cross buns - "MMMMmmmm, delicious!!!), and the dough buns.

The smell of freshly baked bread wafting through the classroom was heavenly! It was a wonderful way to finish our unit. Good luck trying the recipes at home.