My Mother's Peasant Bread: The Best Easiest Bread You Will Ever Make
INGREDIENTS
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4 cups (510 g | 1 lb. 2 oz) all-purpose flour* (do not use bleached all-purpose)
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2 teaspoons kosher salt
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2 cups lukewarm water**
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2 to 3 teaspoons sugar (I use 2, my mom uses 3 — difference is negligible)
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2 teaspoons active-dry yeast***
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room temperature butter, about 2 tablespoons
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* My mother always uses 1 cup graham flour and 3 cups all-purpose or bread flour. Also, you can use as many as 3 cups of whole wheat flour, but the texture changes considerably. I suggest trying with all all-purpose or bread flour to start and once y
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** To make foolproof lukewarm water that will not kill the yeast (water that's too hot can kill yeast), boil some water — I use my teapot. Then, mix 1 1/2 cups cold water with 1/2 cup boiling water. This ratio of hot to cold water will be the perfe
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***I buy Red Star yeast in bulk (2lbs.) from Amazon. I store it in my freezer, and it lasts forever. If you are using the packets of yeast (the kind that come in the 3-fold packets), just go ahead and use a whole packet — I think it's 2.25 teaspoon
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