{"id":2493,"date":"2010-08-12T08:59:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T12:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2010-08-12T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T12:59:10","slug":"folding-and-braiding-bread-dough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=2493","title":{"rendered":"Folding and Braiding bread dough"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I like most about bread is…<\/p>\n

eating it, of course!
But what I like most about making bread is the versatility of design and pattern that you can incorporate into your loaf or bun\/roll.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I made two different doughs-<\/p>\n

~rye with caraway seeds~<\/p>\n

~sourdough peasant ~<\/p>\n

I had different purposes for each bread- the rye for sausage rolls and the sourdough for a picnic sandwich loaf.  They worked out perfectly – I folded the rye and sliced it (as Celia showed in one of her posts<\/a> , entitled school rolls.)<\/p>\n

It was so easy and fun and they rolls were a perfect complement for the Italian sausage I fixed for supper.<\/p>\n

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This dough was made with Ohio grown and milled rye and wheat, and topped off with caraway seeds I grew in my herb garden.  Freshly harvested caraway seeds are magnificent in fragrance and flavor- and very easy to grow and harvest.  If you love caraway seed at all, I suggest you try growing your own.  It is very rewarding!<\/p>\n

I braided the sourdough peasant bread.<\/p>\n

It is called peasant bread because of the addition of a handful or so of the freshly milled rye flour in with the high gluten bread flour.  This dough was so pliable and fun to work with- it begged to be braided  !<\/p>\n

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Sorry these pictures are so dark- it was stormy looking all day yesterday, and I didn’t realize how dark it was until I looked at these pictures this morning.<\/p>\n

Dividing the dough into  pieces I rolled them into long snakes and then started braiding in the center- leaving the ends loose, I then turned the entire braid over and finished braiding backwards.  <\/p>\n

Braid loosely so there is room for the bread to raise!<\/p>\n

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I used a pizza pan to shape the wreath, and connected the ends to each other by pinching and cajoling (hah- a little bread humor!).  Then brushed on an egg white wash and sprinkled with sesame seeds.<\/p>\n

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Allow to raise about 1 1\/2 hours and then bake for about 25 minutes at 375 F.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it beautiful?<\/p>\n

I’m going to slice through it and make it into a giant picnic sandwich !<\/p>\n

And look how the rye rolls turned out-<\/p>\n

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They tasted even better than they look!<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a very good bread day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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