Colonial bread recipe

Colonial Bread recipe

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In this blog post I will guide you thru the steps and ingredients needed to craft this recipe. Grab your favorite apron and let's start.
The Colonial bread recipe is a delightful and nostalgic treat that takes us back to the days of old-fashioned baking. This recipe, passed down through generations, offers a taste of history with every bite. With its simple ingredients and traditional techniques, it captures the essence of colonial-era baking. The result is a rustic and hearty loaf of bread, perfect for enjoying on its own or as a complement to any meal.

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Colonial bread recipe details

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Ingredients:

Starter:

3 cups whole wheat flour

2 Tablespoons yeast

3 cups warm water

damp tea towel

Next day:

3 cups bread flour

3 cups unbleached flour

2 Tablespoons salt

moist tea towel

Instructions:

Starter (make the night before):Mix ingredients in a large bowl, cover with damp tea towel, and leave in warm place for 8 to 12 hours.

Next day:Add starter to bread flour, unbleached flour, and salt, as well as enough water to make a stiff dough. Knead well. Cover bowl with moist tea towel and let rise 2 hours in a warm place. Punch down and place in baking pan (we recommend large round greased wedding-cake tin with sides made higher with 6-inch aluminum flashing; bread in the colonial period was almost always large and round). Cover with moist tea towel and let rise in warm place one hour. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and bake bread 30 minutes; remove bread from pan and bake another 30 minutes at 300 degrees.

Directions for cutting round loaf of bread: Cut in half with face open side down and slice the half long like a regular modern loaf.