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Sweet Bread/Special Bread/Milk Bread from Bangalore Iyengar's Bakery Using Bread Machine

Jayasri Ravi — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:50:35 +0000

“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight...
[Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of
meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”
― M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating: 50th Anniversary Edition

I am no good with words so I can’t come up with amazing analogies as said by MFK above, instead, I only have one word to describe my feeling whilst baking bread, that it’s Awesome!

I love baking cakes, but baking bread just gives you a different feeling, the hard work of kneading, stretching and pulling (not to mention, waiting!)All for that moment when it comes to life as it rises in the oven and the whole house smells of freshly baked bread, ah… This Bread I first posted here when I baked it by hand check the link here

This post has been in my draft from August, This recipe is requested by ones of my readers. This reader wanted to know if I could bake this bread in my Bread machine. Koolash, first of all I would like to apologise for posting this very late, I tried making this bread before I left to India, using whole meal flour but, forgot to measure the Ingredients. After I came back from India, I noticed that I have lost one of my Bread machine blades, so I had to wait for two weeks till it arrived, so after overcoming all the setbacks I was ready to bake; not once, not twice but three times! I’ve had to bake this bread thrice believe it or not!

The first time I made it I added the ingredients, exact measurements and all, but I forgot all about it and left to do some shopping… when I came back bread was ready and good, but I wasn’t happy as I did not see the progress which I always like to watch through the little window. So I baked it again, this time on standby to watch it bake, which wasn’t the best idea since I got scared as I watched it rise in the bread machine, so thinking it might go over the top and worrying it might ruin my machine, I simply switched off the machine and took the bread out, it still had 10 minutes left in the timer so baked it in my Gas oven for the remaining 10 minutes. Surprisingly, it turned out very well; I even gave it to my friends. The bread was huge.

For the third and last time, I made my bread machine work extra hard. This time I altered the recipe a bit. The bread reached the top of the tin this time too but instead of taking it out I waited on it and all was well, the bread came out beautifully, so here I am finally posting this recipe for you! I took a quick photo of this and offered it to my friend, who a few days back had a little baby boy so, I took this bread too, along with some other goodies I had made, and they just loved it!

So, let’s get to the recipe and see how I made this bread using my bread machine. I don’t have a hi-fi bread machine, and I usually just use it till the dough cycle, since usually I don’t have to worry about my bread rising.

Please note that I have made slight changes to the original recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

575grm White Bread Flour
150grms Sugar*
75ml Oil
2 ½ tsp Yeast
1 tsp salt
50grm Milk powder
125ml Milk
125ml + 3 tbsp Warm water

METHOD:

Follow the Instructions according to the Manual of your Bread machine; basically all bread machines have the same method.

First add all the liquids as it is important for the yeast not to touch the liquids.
Then mix all the dry Ingredients thoroughly except the yeast, add the mixed dry ingredients to the tin on top of the liquids.
Add the yeast and set your Bread machine to “normal bread mode” or similar and switch it on.

My machine says it takes around 3 ½ hours for the whole process.

Once it is done, take the tin out of the machine. After about 5 minutes remove the bread and place onto a cooling rack (if it’s a bit stuck give it a little nudge it comes out clean)

NOTES:

Baking in a Bread machine is very easy, no kneading ( Kneading is what I love, methodically stretching & pulling just like an Aerobic dance with music), which of course you miss! However, an important thing you should definitely note is; Please do read your bread machine instruction manual.

The first time I used my bread machine I was a bit scared, now I know how it works. If you know how your bread machine works, after its dough process, that is, after its second kneading you can take the dough out by pressing the “switching off/on” button, for just a brief second as it allows such things. So that if you want, you can remove the blades and put the dough back into the tin, spread it out and allow it to continue its process.

Before the machine starts its baking process, it doesn’t mind if you open the lid every now & then, however, once it starts baking please do not open the lid as the bread might collapse (of course I haven’t tried, but that’s what the manual says!)

About this Bread:

This is a sweet bread so it comes out really dark in colour, but if you do not want it too dark you can reduce sugar content.
Please note that if you are baking by hand in your gas/electric oven cover it with a kitchen foil or it will look like it is burnt.
Even though it has so much sugar in it, it doesn’t taste very sweet, I have added some Tutti-frutti and sometimes dried fruits in them as well
Because of the sugar and milk powder the dough will be bit sticky than the usual bread doughs

Hope all the information I have given is sufficient to make this beautiful bread, if you need any more clarification please contact me I will try to solve it ASAP. Bake and Enjoy with a hot Cuppa / Chai / Milk Or just munch on it and also tell me how much you liked it.

One more Image of this lovely Bread

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Carrot and Raisin Sweet Bread - whole meal & Oats

Jayasri Ravi — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:37:00 +0000

Hi everybody, Hope you all had a wonderful day today -

Today being the Tamil New year's day for Tamilians , Vishu for Malyalees and Baisaki for Punjabi's and Bihu for Assamese.

I would take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year ahead.....

Don't wonder why am I posting a Bread recipe on a festival day, well of course, I did celebrate with a very light note, You have to be in India to get into the festive spirit that is what I think, I usually have somebody, friends of course to join me in all the festival celebrations.., today I had nobody, that was quite sad.., Anyway my kids enjoyed the food I made, I will post it on a later date...

It was really a beautiful day, lots of sunshine, think of carrots and you feel very summary.., when I see carrots I think of those cute little rabbits.. few days back I had called my sis, her 7 year old son never speaks with anybody on phone, he dreads it so badly, to just make him talk to me, she said Ammajechi (that's what all the kids call me at home!, I have little story for that, I will write about it someday) is really sad why don't you cheer up her with some jokes.., he really got excited was that my luck, I really don't know but enjoyed his jokes for at least 1/2 an hour, one of his jokes which he read in Chandamama was -

Teacher : Kids tell me why should you eat Carrots ?

Student : Sir, Because Carrots are good for eyes.

Teacher : How do you know that carrots are good for eyes ?

student : Because Sir, Have you ever seen a Rabbit wearing Glasses

:), Hope you liked it too.., that book was my favourite when I was a kid, and he reads it, isn't it amazing that book still is running but only a bit thinner I suppose so I was informed.

Coming back to the recipe.., as I usually bake a bread every week for my son particularly as he like to take sandwich in his lunch box, and he loves these home made breads. especially when you know if I allow him to eat Nutella, that is what he enjoyed the whole week. He said the bread so soft and fantastic.

Here is how I made it..., First of all as it was late in the evening, I was a bit worried about the dough rising so I decided I will bake this in my Bread Machine, so I started with all the procedures for the bread machine, but the end I did not want to bake it in there, I had never tried this out as I had only baked around 4 times in the machine.., I was scared that interrupting it would destroy my bread, so I just used it until the second rising, then switched off the machine, took it out slowly and placed it in my loaf tin, The bread was quite big, I think it was weighing 1250 gms or more. If you plan to bake this BM, watch out that it might touch the top. But, to my astonishment it turned out very well you can see for yourself.

CARROT AND RAISIN SWEET BREAD

INGREDIENTS:

350 gms Allinsons Whole meal strong Bread flour

250 gms Allinsons Oat mill Bread flour

2 tsp Instant yeast

115 gms light Brown Sugar

221 gms Grated Carrots

1/4 cup Raisins

1/4 cup oil

1tsp salt

4 tbsp Milk powder

3/4 th Cup + 2 tbsp water

METHOD:

Set the Bread Machine to sweet Bread mode.

Combine flours, salt and milk powder well together, either sieve them together or mix by hand.

Pour water and oil into the loaf tin (Bread machine)

Then add carrots, Next add the flour on top of it covering the water.

Then make a little dent or hole in the flour, here add the yeast.

close the lid and start the process,

After mixing, it makes a sound allowing us to add more ingredients here I added Raisins and close the lid again.

It starts its process again,

Meanwhile preheat the oven to Gas Mark 5/190 degrees, Keep a bowl of water underneath the rack.

I allowed the Bread Machine to completely its second rising process, then I switched of the machine, took out the raised dough and placed it on to the Baking Loaf tin.

Left it on the counter for 15 to 20 minutes covered just to make sure it will come back its shape again.

I also covered the loaf tin with a aluminium foil loosely but fixed it to the tin well enough so it does not come off.

Then Put the tin into the middle rack and reduce the oven temperature to Gas Mark 4/180 degrees, I usually bake my breads around this temperature, (as i am still not able understand my oven so make sure you know your oven)

Covering with the foil ensures that the bread doesn't have a dark colour on the top because sugar in the bread tends to make the bread change the crust into a darker colour.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, to ensure the bread has baked to perfection after 40 minutes take out the foil and insert a long skewer into it, If it comes out clean then your bread has done, other wise leave it for an other 10 minutes and check again, if the skewer comes out clean your bread is done.

Take the bread out and leave it on the wire rack, after 5 minutes, turn over the loaf out of the tin on to the wire rack, leave it on its side or totally upside down.

This helps in bread from having a soggy base and further cooking, Leave the bread to cool completely before you slice the bread.

When the bread is still warm, it will still be in its baking process.

If you are going to bake by hand...

In a large bowl, First take yeast, a tsp of sugar and 2 tbsp of water and leave it for sometime, when it bubbles up, add Oil and then add the combined flours (which is already combined with salt + sugar + Milk powder)., Then add the grated carrots and 1/2 cup of water and start mixing it with the help of a strong spatula, then keep adding the water until it is well combined.

The dough might be a bit sticky use your Atta Grinder or food processor to knead the dough.

Or use your hand and knead the dough, as the dough might be sticky, dip your palm into the flour now and then and knead again.

Oil a bowl and place the dough and cover it with a cling film, after its first rise, punch down the dough then add the raisins and knead it into the dough, don't knead it too hard and spoil the air formed in it. shape the dough in the loaf tin and proceed with baking as above.

This bread was especially baked for Magic mingle of Kalyani's #4, she had asked us to use Carrots and Raisins as the challenge.., Hope she likes it and you too.., Try out and tell me if you liked it.., If you have any other variations do tell me I would like to try it out...

I am also linking this to

Healthy morsels - Pregnancy by 4 bloggers
Snacks recipes by my easy to cook recipes
Divya's Showcase - your lunch box
Sumee's Breakfast ideas - Bon Viviant #3
Sumee's - Bake fest #6 started by Vardhini
Srav's spring seasonal foods
Kalyani's CWS - Oats started by Priya

and also this bread is Yeastspotted!!

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