• Captain Aggravated
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    2 months ago

    Most white loaf bread recipes start with “dissolve sugar into warm water, add yeast, allow to proof until thick and foamy.”

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      2 months ago

      Most American white loaf bread recipes…

      Even in the UK, we would call most American bread “fortified dough”, like a sweet/pudding, not bread. I bake occasionally and it’s flour, water, salt and yeast.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Not really it’s like a sprinkle of sugar. It reawakens the yeast faster. I don’t personally do it, but it’s a basic baking technique on par with egg washes or steam baking