make it easy bread

Baking is somewhat therapeutic. It relaxes your nerves when making one. Here is a fast and easy recipe. Ingredients are as easy as 1-2-3. We do not have a conventional oven at home so i pan fried the dough and made it into nice rotis.

what's good with this dough is that you can add herbs and spice to have wonderful flavors infused in the bread. i have some dried oregano and add some into the dough. you can add other herbs like basil, oregano, pepper, fried onions, garlic or just plain sea salt.

Easy Bread

1 cup lukewarm to hot water
1 tsp sugar
2 Tablespoon dry yeast
3 cups flour
herbs for flavoring

mix hot water, sugar and yeast. set aside for about 15 minutes for the yeast to awaken. mixture should be frothy after. if not, yeast is stale. discard the mixture and make a new one using new yeast.

in a big bowl, sift the flour. at the center, make a well. pour the yeast mixture and slowly mix by hand. knead dough until it forms into a smooth ball. add more flour if dough is too sticky. consistency should be firm and does not stick on your hands.

to rise, grease a bowl with shortening. put the dough in the center of the bowl. roll around the dough in the bowl to coat the dough with the shortening. The light shortening that smeared the dough will prevent it from drying up. cover the bowl. let the dough rise in a warm place. I place my dough on top of the ref near the heating element found behind it. let the dough rise for about 1 hour. it should double in size.

with generously floured hands, transfer the dough on a floured table. sprinkle dough with flour. shape the flour into desired sizes for baking.

For conventional ovens, place them on cookie sheets. let the dough rest some more for about 5 minutes. Place them in the oven in slow to medium heat until the dough is golden brown.

For pan baked bread, shaped dough should be generously covered with flour for it to be handled easily and prevent it from sticking on the table. dough should be flat to evenly cook the insides of the bread. let the flat-shaped dough rest for about 5 minutes. heat pan in low to medium heat. cook the dough until dark spots appear on the crust of the dough. turn the dough over to bake the other side.

after baking, let the bread cool for about 5 minutes before serving. this will help the bread cook through the dough and set the bread properly. Enjoy and be proud of what you have made!