Cook This: Guyanese Style White Bread.
July 5th, 2009 by omar , No Comments
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I said I would post this one last week, and I’m a man of my word. Check out a recipe for Guyanese white bread below…
Guyanese Style White Bread Ingredients:
- 1 oz yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 4 tsp salt
- 4 lb flour
- ¼ lb shortening
- Warm water
Image via Chennette on Flickr.
Preperation:
- Dissolve the sugar in a little warm water then sprinkle yeast on top and allow it to rise.
- Sift the flour and salt, and add about ¼ of the total amount of flour to the yeast mixture. Cover and leave in a warm place to set the sponge (i.e. until the mixture is bubbly) — about 1 hour.
- Rub the shortening into the remainder of the flour using fingertips or a fork.
- Add the rest of the flour to the yeast mixture and knead well until a smooth elastic dough is formed. Add some more warm water if necessary, as a hard dry dough does not rise well.
- Put the dough in a greased or floured bowl, cover and leave to rise to twice its size.
- Knead lightly to avoid bursting any bubbles, and without using extra flour if possible. Mould or shape into loaves.
- Cover and prove (i.e. put to rise again for 20 - 30 minutes).
- Bake in at 400°F-425°F until thoroughly cooked.
