Breadmaking 101 by Bosch

[petek]

Here's a pics of bread making in a Bosch mixer for anyone who isn't familiar with them. Start to finish about 90 minutes most of which is the rising and the baking. The actual time I spend at the machine gathering/throwing in the ingredients and taking the dough out for shaping is about 7-9
5 tpsp instant yeast
3 tbls veg oil, olive oil, liquid lecithin, your choice
3 tbls sugar
1/2 cup vital wheat gluten (optional)
1/2 cup ground flax (optional)
1/2 cup mixed grains (optional)
3 cups water at about 115 degrees
3 cups bread flour

Throw all this in and mix for about 30 seconds to a slurry

 

[petek]

Next you throw in 3 more cups of bread flour and 3 tspn of salt and about 3 tablespooons of Real Lemon juice (lemon juice acts as a dough enhancer for yeast breads) you don't taste it in the bread. Crank the machine on and let it knead for approximately 10 minute while you go about other things, no need to attend the machine, there's no vibrations just a quiet whirring.

 

[petek]

After 10 minutes of kneading you remove the dough hook and let it rise right in the bowl, about 30 minutes depending on the room temp etc.

 

[petek]

Darn,got my pics screwed up,, this is the pic of the dough after it's risen about 30 minutes and before it went into the bread pans for baking,, that pic didn't turn out.

 

[appnut]

Pete, you're the first person I"ve know to have a Bosch. I'm gonna email you and ask you some questions. Bob
And the finished product IS picture perfect in my books.

 

[petek]

So simple, even I can do it.

 

[rickr]

Pete!! That fresh bread looks SOOOO good...

It is making me HUNGRY! YUM!!
And I love your vintage Sunbeam toaster.

 

[petek]

Before I had this machine I would use my Philips breadmaker but they makes such small loaves I'd have it eaten within 10 minutes of baking...lol. I could never master bread by hand for some reason, always failed, never had a failure with this thing. It kneads so well you don't have to do a second rising that's how you get away with 90 minutes from start to finish.

Rick.. I only got that Sunbeam a month or two back, needed to open it up and clean it out, grease the mechanism and she's good as new. Makes great toast too and they're novel, which I really like.

 

[tlee618]

Hi Pete, that bread looks so good, I can almost smell it! Have never known anyone with the Bosch mixer before. Did you buy that one new? I have an older bread machine that I use to make bread in. I only use it on the dough cycle to mix and knead the dough then remove it and put it in a regular bread pan to rise and bake the the regular oven. I've had great luck with this method. Do you put all the grains in that you have listed as optional? Terry PS. Hope that you are still thinking about coming to the convention. It would be great to meet you.

 

[petek]

I got this one as a demo unit for around $100, but I had to buy the whisks and cookie paddles separately.
I do add the ground flax and the multi grains myself but not a huge amount of multi grains because I'm still partial to smooth bread. LOL I also use the liquid lecithin rather than veg oils, not that I'm a health nut or anything but when I was asking questions about making bread at that store, they give demo's she started me on the lecithin.

 

[appnut]

I still have a 1981 Sunbeam direct drive food processor I use to make bread dough. When I have all the ingredients like an assembly line, I can have 5 or six loaves ready for rising in about 30 minutes. Before Sunbeam, I kneaded by hand. (A vivid imagination helped with that process ;-) )

 

[petek]

The Bosch mixer isn't a new appliance like I had thought originally, it's been on the market over in Europe, at least in Germany for about 50+ years. They have one at the store that's near that age and still working. There's not much to go wrong, a motor, a belt and a switch, no gears to speak.

 

[appnut]

I found this out too by reading Epinions. Didn't realize they were that old until then.

 

[launderess]

My Bosch is the older model

In fact it's so old the user's manual is in German and English!

For dough batches sometimes use my Kenwood, but NOTHING beats a Bosch for mixing large amounts and or heavy doughs.

Lately because of time constraints, have been doing my bread making via bread machine. Something I usually reserve for warmer months when it it too hot to even think of turning on an oven, much less an oven with a heavy baking stone.

Did someone say Phillps bread maker? Really have to get a dig cam to post pictures of mine, as that is the brand name. Snagged one from a local Goodwill that get Target clearance items. This was around the time they were on eBay going for anywhere from $10 to $50 or more. Target had them at a closeout price of about $20, IIRC; I paid about $9 for mine at Goodwill.

Bosch units like these have been around for over 20 years or so. Swear my manual looks like the 1970's. Also these units are much more than powerful mixers. They can do everthing from blend drinks, make smoothies, grind meat, make sausage,mill grain, whip cream, make frozen desserts, and so on.

Prefer my Kenwood for making cake batters as the bowl is better suited to that task, IMHO.

Launderess