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Fluffy Homemade Bread
A step‑by‑step guide to making soft, pillowy homemade bread with a golden crust. This recipe uses simple pantry ingredients, a steam trick with an ice‑water tray, and gentle folding to trap air for a light, bakery‑quality loaf.
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Critical Success Points
- • Activating the yeast properly (temperature and time)
- • Kneading until smooth and elastic
- • First rise until doubled in size
- • Gentle folding to keep air bubbles
- • Creating steam in the oven with ice water
- • Baking at a high temperature for a crisp crust
Safety Warnings
- • Handle the hot oven and baking tray with oven mitts.
- • Steam from the ice‑water tray can cause burns; keep face away when opening the oven.
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