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How to improve bread texture

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satimis

How to improve bread texture

Hi all,

Just baked an Italian Parmesan Bread with following recipes;

Ingredients:
(750g loaf)
    water (lukewarm)  1 cups
    all purpose flour 356g
    milk powder 1 tbsp (4 g)
    sugar 1 tbsp (15g)
    salt 1 tsp
    parmesan cheese, grated 16g
    oregano 1 tsp
    rosemary leaves 1 tsp
    Active dry yeast 1 tsp
    butter 30g

Program setting:
(French Cycle)
    Weight 750g loaf
    Crust color                   light
    Kneading 1 (slow)       3 min
    Kneading 2 (rapid)      30 min
    Rise 1                         32 min
    Kneading 3 (rapid)      15 sec
    Rise 2                          30 min
    Kneading 4 (rapid)      15 sec
    Rise 3                          55 min
    Baking                         53 min
    Total time                    3:23 hrs


Not very successful and the top collapsed.  I supposed too much yeast added.  In next round I will reduce the yeast to 3/4 tsp.

The bread is quite soft with nice smell.  But the texture is NOT nice.  Please advise how to improve it without adding egg?

Thanks

satimis

 

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Ford

From the pictures it appears to me that the loaf was over proofed and it collapsed during baking.  From your description I presume you are using a bread machine.  I do not use one, so I do not know how much control you might have over the proofing period.  I test my dough by the finger poke method.  If the indentations bounce back rapidly then the dough is underproofed and I let it prove a while longer.  If the indentations come back slowly, then it is ready for the oven.

Another possibility is the rapid kneading after rises 3 and 4.  Could you be beating in a lot of air and this results in the collapse of the dough.  Omit the last two kneadings.

Ford

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KathyF

It looks like it is overproofed. One teaspoon of yeast should be fine. I would use a setting that only has two rises rather than three.

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satimis

Hi all,

Thanks for your advice.

The recipe was found on Internet, suggesting French cycle.

In next round I'll use White Rapid cycle on my Kenwood BM450 bread machine.

(White Rapid Cycle)
    Weight 750g loaf
    Crust color                   light
    Kneading 1 (slow)       3 min
    Kneading 2 (rapid)      31 min
    Rise 1                         26 min
    Kneading 3 (rapid)      15 sec
    Rise 2                          55 min
    Kneading 4 (rapid)      0 sec
    Rise 3                          0 min
    Baking                         40 min
    Total time                    2:35 hrs

Alternatively I can set my own program on this machine ( I never use this feature before.  The factory preset program provides a wide range of selection.)

Still retain 1 tsp Active dry yeast.  Any comment?  Thanks

Regards

satimis

 

 

 

 

 

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satimis

Hi all,

Successful

Revised recipes
water (lukewarm)                    1 cups
all purpose flour                       210 g
french bread flour                     50 g
strong white bread flour           106 g
milk powder                             1 tbsp (4 g)
sugar                                       1 tbsp (15g)
salt                                           1 1/2 tsps
parmesan cheese, grated        16g
oregano                                    1/2 tsp
rosemary leaves                      1/2 tsp
yeast                                        1 tsp
butter                                        30g

White Rapid Cycle as mentioned on previous posting.

 

Good smell and soft with nice texture

Regards

satimis