KAF Walter Sands Bread

Unbalanced

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

1. Add Flour, salt and dry milk (if using) and whisk together in separate bowl

Step 2

2. If using Tan-Zhong, move 3T flour from bowl to saucepan, take ½ C water and heat over med/low till forms a paste. Place butter in bowl and pour paste onto butter, set aside

Step 3

3. Pour warm water into a pre-warmed bowl

Step 4

4. Add Yeast and Sugar, stir until dissolved

Step 5

5. When yeast has bubbled up (5 min.), add butter, 3 C of flour/dry milk/salt mixture (or previously prepared flour/water/butter paste)

Step 6

6. Turn on mixer to knead (#2 on Kitchen Aid) for 4 minutes

Step 7

7. Add in remains of flour mix gradually

Step 8

8. Allow to rest for 3 to 5 minutes covered

Step 9

9. Clean and grease a large mixing bowl

Step 10

10. Re-start mixer to knead for 4 minutes, gradually adding flour from reserved 1/3 C to keep dough from sticking to bowl. Likely won’t need the entire 1/3 Cup

Step 11

11. Place dough in ball in greased bowl, turning it to cover all of the ball

Step 12

12. Cover and place in draft free place (turned off oven) until it doubles in size (2 hours)

Step 13

13. Grease (2) 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 pans

Step 14

14. When dough has risen, punch it down, cut in half, form into loaves and place in pans

Step 15

15. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until crowns 1" above rims of pans

Step 16

16. When dough has been rising for 20 minutes, preheat oven to 350F

Step 17

17. When dough has sufficiently risen, bake for 35 to 40 minutes until nicely browned. Center of loaves should be 190 - 200 degrees with an instant read thermometer

Step 18

18. Remove from oven and tip bread out of pans. Place on rack to COMPLETELY cool before slicing.

Step 19

For Cinnamon Swirl Bread:

Step 20

1. Roll half section of dough from step #14, into 9" x 15" rectangle.

Step 21

2. Make egg wash (1 lg egg + 1T H2O) brush dough rectangle

Step 22

3. Mix ¼ C (loosely packed) Brown sugar and 1 t Cinnamon, 1 T flour, add scant ½ C Raisins, in processer. Grind till raisins are less than ¼”. Sprinkle mixture on rectangular keeping within 1” of edges.

Step 23

4. Starting at short edge, roll into cylinder, tucking edges at each revolution

Step 24

5. Pinch final seam

Step 25

6. Place in pan with seam side down

Step 26

7. Return to step #15 above