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A tasty FUN FACT recipe to try The largest loaf of bread ever made These instructions are easy to weighed 3,463 pounds. follow and don’t take too It was baked in Brazil much time. in 2008. Ingredients WARNING! 3 cups fl our Ask an adult’s permission before ⁄ cup using the . 1 packet 1 cup warm water 1 teaspoon ⁄ cup butter, melted

Instructions 1. Pour 1 cup of the fl our, Learn to bake bread sugar, and packet of yeast This hands-on activity is one part art, one part science, and all fun. into a gallon-size zip-top bag. Add the warm water. et’s count the ways to love bread: in a , Simple ingredients Press air out of the bag, then toasted with butter, dipped in a tasty sauce, and The three main ingredients in bread are fl our, water, L seal it. Shake bag well to more. What’s better than bread you buy? Bread you’ve and yeast. Most basic recipes (like the one on this mix the . Let it sit on made yourself. Not only is it delicious, it’s also a fun page) also include salt, sugar, and butter or olive oil. the counter for 10 minutes. project you can do at home. It even involves some cool There are many recipes for bread in cookbooks and on 2. Combine 1 more cup of science. Here’s what you need to know to get started. websites. Some recipes also call for ingredients like fl our and the salt in a bowl. oats, dried fruits, and spices. But there’s more to Brief history of bread Pour into bag and add the bread than just throwing the ingredients together. Did you know that humans have been making bread melted butter. Press out air for more than 30,000 years? The fi rst were from bag and seal. Squeeze Dough magic probably fl atbreads made from a rough fl our of bag with your hands to mix Two crucial steps in bread baking are ground-up roots combined with water. They ingredients. Add the and proofi ng the dough. Kneading is when are most similar to breads like and remaining 1 cup of fl our, you massage the dough with your . don’t contain yeast, seal bag, and mix again. hands. Doing so adds air into the dough which is what makes other types of 3. Take dough out of the bag and develops the dough’s gluten (an bread light and fl u y. As fi ner fl ours and place on a fl oured ingredient in fl our that helps bread keep made from became available, surface. Knead for 5 to 10 its shape and have a good texture). people started using it along with other minutes. After you knead and shape the dough ingredients to make dough, and bread 4. Grease a loaf pan with some Kneading the dough into a ball, proofi ng is the next step. became more like the loaves we eat today. extra butter and place is an important step. Proofi ng is when you let the ball of dough dough in it. Rise in popularity rest so the yeast can work its magic. While 5. Place a clean dish towel over Making bread has become a popular activity for the dough sits there, the yeast—which is made up of loaf pan and set it in a warm people to do while staying at home during the tiny, living organisms—reacts with the other spot in your house. Wait pandemic. In fact, so many people were baking bread ingredients. The yeast slowly releases gases that cause 30–45 minutes to allow the last spring that there was a national fl our shortage. the dough to rise (grow in size). Once the dough has dough to rise. But now fl our is once again easy to fi nd on grocery risen to nearly double the size, it’s ready to go in the 6. Bake in oven at 375°F for store shelves. Bread baking is a relaxing activity you oven. Then you can sit back and enjoy the delicious 25 minutes.

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