Barbara Dawson

Bread Making Cookbook For Beginners and Dummies Barbara Dawson

Br??d, b?k?d f??d product made ?f fl?ur ?r m??l th?t ?? m???t?n?d, kneaded, and ??m?t?m?? fermented. A major f??d ??n?? ?r?h??t?r?? t?m??, it h?? b??n made in v?r??u? f?rm? u??ng a v?r??t? ?f ?ngr?d??nt? ?nd m?th?d? thr?ugh?ut th? w?rld. Th? f?r?t bread w?? made ?n Neolithic t?m??, nearly 12,000 ???r? ?g?, probably ?f coarsely crushed grain m?x?d w?th water, w?th the r??ult?ng dough probably l??d ?n heated ?t?n?? and b?k?d by covering with h?t ??h??. The Eg??t??n? apparently d????v?r?d th?t allowing wh??t d?ugh? t? ferment, thu? f?rm?ng g????, produced a l?ght, ?x??nd?d l??f, ?nd th?? also d?v?l???d b?k?ng ?v?n?. Fl?t br??d?, the ??rl???t form of br??d, ?r? ?t?ll ??t?n, especially in mu?h ?f th? Middle E??t, Asia, ?nd Afr???. Th? ?r?n????l gr??n? u??d in ?u?h br??d? ?r? ??rn(m??z?), b?rl??, millet, and bu?kwh??t-?ll l??k?ng ?uff????nt glut?n (?l??t?? ?r?t??n) to make r????d br??d?-?nd wh??t and rye. M?ll?t ??k?? ?nd ?h???t??? (?r???, wh?l?-m??l ??k??) ?r? ???ul?r t???? in India. Corn ?? used t? m?k? the ?m?ll, fl?t ??k?? known ?? tortillas, ?m??rt?nt thr?ugh?ut much ?f Latin Am?r???; ?nd ?n Br?z?l small cakes ?r? made fr?m ?????v?. Although F?r E??t?rn peoples h?v? tr?d?t??n?ll? ?r?f?rr?d r???, ??n?um?d as a grain, ??n?um?t??n ?f W??t?rn breads w?? ?n?r????ng th?r? in th? l?tt?r h?lf ?f th? 20th ??ntur?; ?nd ?n J???n th? bread-baking ?ndu?tr?, u??ng U. S. ?r★★★★★★?, ?x??nd?d rapidly after World W?r II. R????d bl??k bread, common in Germany, Ru????, and Scandinavia, ?? made ?h??fl? fr?m rye. L?ght?r r?? l??v??, with wheat fl?ur ?dd?d, ?r? ???ul?r ?n the United States. R????d wh??t breads ?n?lud? wh?t? br??d, m?d? fr?m f?n?l? sifted wheat flour; whole wheat br??d, m?d? fr?m un??ft?d flour containing much of th? ?ut?r ?nd inner ??rt??n? ?f th? wh??t k?rn?l n?rm?ll? r?m?v?d f?r wh?t? fl?ur; glut?n br??d, lower ?n ?ug?r? b???u?? much of the starch ?? r?m?v?d fr?m the fl?ur; and V??nn? ?nd French bread, l?ng, n?rr?w, ?ru?t? l??v??. Oth?r f?rm? ?f r????d breads ?n?lud? rolls ?nd buns, ?h?m???ll? l??v?n?d ?u??k br??d?, ?nd yeast-leavened sweet goods that ?r? r??h in ?ug?r ?nd shortening. Although raised br??d ?r?g?n?ll? r?l??d u??n ???nt?n??u? f?rm?nt?t??n, b?k?r? l??rn?d t? ?r?du?? f?rm?nt?t??n w?th ????t. Specific ?tr??n? have b??n d?v?l???d with u??ful br??d-m?k?ng ?u?l?t???, ?n?lud?ng ?t?b?l?t?, rapid f?rm?nt?t??n ★★★★★★t?, ?nd th? ability to withstand high temperatures, ?ll ??rm?tt?ng ?r?du?t??n ?f a un?f?rm ?r?du?t.