PLAIN BREAD

Ingredients :

maida - 1 and 1/4 cups

wheat flour - 1/2 cup

salt - to taste

sugar - 1/2 tbsp

water - 1/2 cup

yeast - 1/4 tbsp

oil - 1 tbsp

butter for brushing

Method :

1) warm the water in a microwave and sugar, mix well

2) add the dry yeast mix well and let it stand for 10 mins. it should start frothing

3) in a wide vessel, take both the flours, add salt, oil and the yeast solutions, make a nice dough in the consistency of chapathi dough

4) keep it covered in a warm place for 3 and 1/2 hours, the dough will double

5) punch the air out of the dough and again mix well till it becomes a nice smooth ball

6) roll it into a smooth log and put it into a greased bread pan 

7) leave it closed for 45 mins, it will rise again

8) brush butter on the dough and bake in 180 degrees for 35-40 mins till the crust is brown

9) cool in a wire rack and cut into slices

Notes :

U can make garlic bread out of this. after you beat the dough for the second time, you can roll it into a 2 inch thick rectangle, smear a paste of garlic-butter-salt, roll this to a cylinder, seal the sides, keep it in the bread pan for 45 mins and then bake.

you can even smear jam instead of the garlic