Russian Bread

It always nice to have fresh homemade bread in the house. I love having this Russian bread especially for the Mr.

I like bread. Okay, I love bread. Like a little too much! I love to experiment with different breads. I honestly had no idea what to call this bread. It’s like Italian bread meets French bread and ends up with a Russian loaf of bread (“Батон”). It’s really great though and I just stuck with Russian bread. If there is a better name for this though do excuse my lack of knowledge. When we were growing up bread was always a “must” with just about every meal. It was always “dense and thick” bread and when you eat a slice you are rather full. I remember mom sometimes purchasing sandwich bread and dad would just squish it and say “this is cotton, not bread”, haha. Now that I am married, my spouse prefers this kind of bread as well. Though my children would much rather have light, “dad’s cotton” sandwich bread. It’s pretty quick and simple to make.

Fresh bread with butter, jam and a cup of cold milk; now THAT’S what I am talking about!!. Enjoy!.

You will also need 2 cups water in a baking bowl! This will give the bread a beautiful crust.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup water, warm

1/4 cup milk, warm

1 ½ tsp salt

2 tsp oil

2 tsp sugar

2 ½ tsp yeast

3 1/2 cups flour

Makes: 1 loaf

Directions:

Line large baking sheet with parchment paper (if you have a good quality, non-stick baking sheet this may not be necessary.)

Sift flour and add to bowl. Move flour aside to make room to pour water into the middle of flour.

In a small bowl combine the warm water and milk; pour into the middle of flour. Add oil and salt to water and give a quick mix. Sprinkle the yeast over the water. Sprinkle the sugar over the yeast.

Let it sit for 5 minutes (yeast will activate and become foamy).

Give the water a quick mix and add the flour in. Mix until it is difficult to mix. Transfer dough onto the counter top and knead about 4 minutes (just until the dough is smooth). The dough should be slightly sticky but will not stick to hands.

Shape dough and place in a bowl. Cover with a towel. Let rise two (2) hours.

Take dough and shape it into a long loaf (French bread like). Twist the loaf (this will help it right round and not a flat loaf).

Dust with flour. Let rise 30 minutes.

Add 2 cups water to a small baking dish and place it on the bottom rack of oven. Preheated oven to 425˚F.

Bake bread for 30 minutes.

Let loaf cool completely before cutting. Enjoy!!.

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Russian Bread

Prep Time

2 hrs 45 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

3 hrs 15 mins

 

A homemade recipe for Russian bread which is a mixture of French and Italian bread.

Course: Bread

Servings: 1 Loaf

Author: Valentina's Corner

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup water, warm
• 1/4 cup milk, warm
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp oil
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 ½ tsp yeast
• 3 1/2 cups flour

Instructions

1. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper (if you have a good quality, non-stick baking sheet this may not be necessary.)
2. Sift flour and add to bowl. Move flour aside to make room to pour water into middle of flour.
3. In a small bowl combine the warm water and milk; pour into the middle of flour. Add oil and salt to water and give a quick mix. Sprinkle the yeast over the water. Sprinkle the sugar over the yeast.
4. Let it sit for 5 minutes (yeast will activate and become foamy).
5. Give the water a quick mix and add the flour in. Mix until it is difficult to mix. Transfer dough onto the countertop and knead about 4 minutes (just until dough is smooth). Dough should be slightly sticky but will not stick to hands.
6. Shape dough and place into a bowl. Cover with a towel. Let rise two (2) hours.
7. Take dough and shape it into a long loaf (French bread like). Twist the loaf (this will help it right round and not a flat loaf).
8. Dust with flour. Let rise 30 minutes.
9. Add 2 cups water to a small baking dish and place it on the bottom rack of oven. Preheated oven to 425˚F.
10. Bake bread for 30 minutes.
11. Let loaf cool completely before cutting. Enjoy!!.

Recipe Notes

You will also need 2 cups water in small baking dish! This will give the bread a beautiful crust.I just used an 8x8.