November 10, 2015 - 12:13pm
yeast breads and how to get a recipe to make three loaves
Hi I am brand new to baking and am not good at math. So I was just looking for some pointers on how to make my bread come out light and fluffy thanks.
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yeast breads and how to get a recipe to make three loaves
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Use a calculator if needed... Take a recipe for 1 loaf and multiply all ingredients by 3. Or if it is a 2 loaf recipe, then multiply by 1.5
What kind of recipe are you using or looking for?
Then you don't need to worry about multiplying cups and so on.
So if your basic loaf is 500g flour, 320g water, 7g yeast, 7g salt, then multiply each of those by 3 to give 1500g flour, 960g water, 21g of yeast and 21g of salt and off you go.
-Gordon
I am looking for a white bread recipe. And is it normal for the bread to taste heavy until it cools. because I noticed at first sometimes I think it came out bad but once it cools it is more firm and better tasting.
I always let the bread cool before eating. It's not done until cool.
Tom C
oh ok maybe thats where I'm also going wrong because I'm cutting one of the loaves open when they come out to see if they are done.
A thermometer is usually the best way to tell when they're done.
There are a bunch of them covering lots of price ranges. I use one of the lower end ones from Thermoworks. Then, of course, there's tapping the bottom of the loaf and listening for the 'hollow' sound, but the thermometer is best as I learned with my bake yesterday since I found it didn't sound 'hollow' enough.
Most recommendations look for an internal temperature around 200F. You'll soon learn what works for you, the bread your baking and your oven. It's actually simpler than it sounds.
Below is a search for "thermometer to test bread doneness". It's worth reading a few since different types of bread will be done at different temperatures;
I hope this helps.
(https://duckduckgo.com/?q=thermometer+to+test+bread+doneness&t=ffsb)
Tom C