Homemade Crispy Golden Toast Bread
Ingredients
- 275 ml milk
- 75 g butter
- 500 g all-purpose flour (or cake flour)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 21g fresh yeast (1/2 cube)
- Butter, for greasing the pan
- Flour, for dusting
Preparation
Warm the milk and diced butter in a saucepan until lukewarm
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, and salt
Crumble the fresh yeast over the flour mixture
Pour the lukewarm milk mixture over the dry ingredients
Using a hand mixer with dough hooks, knead for 5 minutes until smooth
Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 30 minutes
Grease a 23x10 cm loaf pan with butter
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly
Shape the dough into a 25 cm long roll
Place the dough in the prepared pan, cover, and let rest for 1 hour
Preheat the oven to 180°C conventional (160°C fan)
Place a heatproof dish filled with 500 ml water on the oven floor
Brush the top of the dough with water
Bake for 30 minutes until golden
Let the bread cool completely in the pan
Carefully remove the bread from the pan
Notes
The bread yields about 10 slices.
