Learnwithsteem: Learn how to make bread

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Bread is one special food that almost everyone on this Earth have eaten, history said that bread started 8000 BC in the Middle East, in Egypt, since then people have made bread in so many ways, bread was not invented, it was early farmers that started it, when they have grain of different types, they grind it to powdered form and turn it to flour, that is how they started making bread

Today there is a lot of mashine used to bake bread now, there is white bread, brown bread, some make leaven bread while some do not, let's see step by step on how to make bread now and the health benefits.

step1

Just like any other food you need to bring together all the ingredients that you will use, bread is mankind old food about 30 years plus now so you need to prepare it with care

• warm water
• granulated sugar
• active dry yeast
• salt
• vegetable oil
• flour.
  These are the ingredients you need in making bread.

Step2

Second step is mixing of the ingredients, the warm water is to mix the flour, you don't need hot water but warm, you need to be very fast in string it, add the sugar and other things needed, after mixing it you allow it for like 5 to 8 minutes the yeast to puff up.

step 3

Now is the real work that is turn or to fold it, you need the oil now on top of your table where you will do this work, this is the folding stage or dough before you will cut it to the size or shape you want, it takes time to do, you need your 2 hand at work for home bread because it is small, it is after this that you will allow it to rise

Take note, it takes about 10 minutes if the room temperature is okay but if it is cold it will take longer time, that is why some will heat their oven and turn it off to be in good temperature so when they are done it will not take time for it to rise

Remember this is the second rise, the first was for the yeast to puff up and now is dough which is the last stage before you leave it to rise and after that you will take it to the oven.

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After this stage, the next thing is to cut it to your desired shape and put in the pan that you will use so that it be easy for you to take it to the oven, when you put your bread in the oven you don't need to leave that place again until you remove the bread from the oven, allow it cool before eating.

Remember that bread is grain and grain contains fiber, fiber is good in blood circulation and it make you to feel full, when you eat bread, you feel satisfied

bread also contains protein which helps in building of muscle mass and maintain the bone, protein help to reduce appetite, no wonder people love eating it with soft drink when they are hungry or tired, bread has vitamin B1, B2, B3, Iron, all the trace element helps create certain hormones in the body and brings oxygen to our muscles.

Bread can be called food of life, bread is one of the most selling products in the whole world, call it white, brown or wheat bread, there is no Supermarket or provision shop without bread, in some places, people go round every morning to sell Bread and akara or tea to show you how important it is.

I love bread, do you love it too?