Ingredients
1 1/2 Tbsps active dry Yeast
1/2 Cup warm water
2 1/2 Cups warm milk
3 Cups Bread Flour
2 More Cups Bread Flour
1 Tbspn Sugar
2 tsp Salt
To reduce an hour of baking down to about six minutes you will need a bread recipe specifically designed for the microwave. Before you start, you’ll have to come to terms with your microwave’s limitations. What the microwave can do: Produce delicious, fresh bread in a fraction of the time. What your microwave can’t do: Form a baguette-style crunchy crust.
First, you will need to prepare the yeast.
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Dissolve one and a half tablespoons of dry active yeast in a half cup of warm water. Then, add two and a half cups of warm milk to the dissolved yeast.
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In a separate large bowl, combine three cups bread flour, one tablespoon sugar, and two teaspoons salt.
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Add the flour mixture to the yeast, and beat with a dough hook until smooth. Add two more cups of bread flour. The dough will become quite stiff at this point.
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Then, cover with a towel and allow the bread dough to rise for about an hour in a warm place, or until the dough has doubled in volume.
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Once the dough has risen, dissolve a quarter of a teaspoon in a tablespoon of warm water. Stir the baking soda water into the yeast dough.
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Divide the dough between two greased glass loaf pans, and again cover and let rise until doubled in size (45 more minutes).
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Finally, microwave the loaf for three minutes on high.
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Rotate the loaf in the microwave and cook for three more minutes.
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Allow to cool, remove from the pan, slice, and serve.