When I was a senior in college I traveled to Europe with my sister and a friend. We were there for 5 weeks and visited as many countries as possible. Most of the nights we stayed at youth hostels which served a breakfast of bread, butter, jam and hot cocoa. This bread reminds me of the bread at the youth hostels - a good memory!
Mix 2 tablespoons yeast and 2 tablespoons sugar with 3 cups warm water.
Let set for 5 minutes.
Sift in 4 cups white bread flour, 2 cups whole wheat flour, and 1 tablespoon sea salt - one cup at a time, mixing as you add.
This is what my dough mixer attachments look like.
This is what it will look like after all of the dry ingredients have been added.
Let rise for 10 minutes and then knead every 10 minutes for 1 hour. This is the part that makes this bread a little more work.
The recipe says to knead with a wooden spoon, but I don't have one so I use a metal spoon or my hand.
After you are done kneading, pour the dough on a floured surface.
I knead the dough a little more so it's a little drier.
Cut the batch in 2.
This is hard to describe, but tuck the top under - as pictured on the left sample above.
Place on a baking sheet. Cut 1/4 inch slits.
Bake at 400 degrees for 18 - 24 minutes. For some reason, I need to bake it longer than 24 minutes to get the middle baked through. This bread freezes well. Enjoy!
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Have a fabulous day!
Karin
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