Hope every dad had a wonderful father’s day. My hubby too had an awesome one. His day started with kiss from both prince and princess. He told me that it is the most wonderful gift he got in his life. And he made his famous dal /lentil stew for lunch along with his favorite chapathi from my side. Then rest of the day was gone with shopping, home cleaning and the usual stuff. I called my dad in India and also told him how much I miss him.
In my life I met quite a few wonderful dads. They all amaze me in how much they love and protect their daughters and sons. My dad sacrificed his career to stay in the Trivandrum city to ensure that both I and my sister got the best education possible. After work he always would bring us munchies, and till he retired, we would search his bag to see any goodies were available. Now search is joined along with granddaughters, grandson and daughter. Next is my hubby who doesn’t want to see his princess or prince crying, he is always on soft side, whereas I am strict? He always tells me kids are wonderful gift he got from God. My friend Joy, who is in Stockholm, always updates me with his two kid’s pictures in spite of his busy schedule. Yes for every dad, daughters and sons are special.
I love breads so whenever I visit the library I come home with bread baking books. I have quite a few books in personal collection; however buying every book is not possible. So I borrow book from library. This week borrowed this Book, The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Bread baking by French culinary Institute. I found this book has few interesting recipes which I want to try. While looking for daily breakfast bread, I found this Pain de Mie Complet recipe. Pain de Mie is a type of sliced, packaged bread, usually made in Pullman pan, and I don’t own one so I can’t make it for long time. However this recipe doesn’t need that pan, still you can make toast bread.
This bread has powdered milk, butter and heavy cream. Recipe mentioned in the book has 50% whole wheat flour. We are whole wheat bread loving family so increased the amount of whole wheat to make it slightly healthier. I also used 1 tablespoon of sugar which is not in original recipe. First rise took about 3 hours and the second rise took about 90 minutes. May be my kitchen is cool; so adjust timing according to your kitchen temperature. Also amount of yeast used is less compared to other recipes.
This bread had beautiful way of scoring on the top, I loved that. My scoring technique is still in its infancy. Give an egg wash and bake the bread for about 55 minutes and remove from the oven when the bread registers an internal temperature of 200 °F. If you have a meat thermometer in your hand, you can use that. Cool the bread in the rack for minimum 2 hours. Enjoy the bread as sandwich or as toast with your favorite jelly or jam. Peanut butter and jam will be wonderful choice. We had it with strawberry jam.
If you want to make an eggless version, try brushing the bread with butter or milk. However it won’t have as beautiful a shine as an egg wash.
Here comes the recipe.
Pain De Mie Complet: A White Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
Prep Time 20 minutes
First rise: 3 hours
Second rise: 90 minutes
Baking time: 55 minutes
Serves 1 loaf
Ingredients
3cup (300g) King Arthur White Wheat Flour
1 cup (1600g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread flour
1teaspoon(3g) Instant yeast
1 cup (1600g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread flour
1teaspoon(3g) Instant yeast
¼cup (22g) Powdered milk Powder
1 ½ tablespoon (17g) Heavy cream
1 ¼ teaspoon (9g) salt
⅔ cup water
1 tablespoon (15g) Sugar
Directions:
- In a microwave safe bowl heat cream and butter for 5 minutes or until the butter melts.
- In large bowl or bowl of stand mixer, add flours, salt, sugar, milk powder and yeast. Mix with water and cream butter mixture until everything combines well a sticky but smooth dough.
- Knead dough in stand-up mixer with dough hook for about 15 minutes also so that dough should pass window pane test.
- Put small amount of oil in clean bowl and add dough, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place dough in warm place to rise until doubled in size, for about 3 hours (placing dough in closed turned-off oven next to large pan of just-boiled water works well).
- Oil 9 by 5-inch loaf pan or coat with nonstick spray. Gently turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. Press ball of dough into rectangle, about length of pan. Fold rectangle in thirds, as if folding letter. Fold in half again lengthwise, pinching edges and ends together firmly until sealed.
- Place dough seam-side-down in pan. Cover loosely with wrap and let rise until about 1 inch above top of pan, about 90 minutes. Toward end of rising time, preheat oven to 350°F.
- When you are ready to bake, score the bread with a sharp knife and does an egg wash. Bake for 55 minutes longer or until bottom of loaf sounds hollow when tapped or instant-read thermometer registers 190-200°F when inserted in center. Remove loaf from pan and let cool completely on wire rack.
- Enjoy they are great delicious toast.
This recipe is adapted from The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Bread baking by French culinary Institute.
I am linking delicious bread to Yeast Spotting.
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Rachel Matteson says
My dad, who happend to be a baker, is also a wonderful dad. He sacrificed a lot of opportunities in his life just to be with his family. This made me wonder how people like him was able to do it when all the people in the world are striving for better lives. Perhaps, it is something about being contented or that he already found real happiness with his family. All I can say is that I am so proud of him. 🙂
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Latha Madhusudhan says
Such a lovely bread.
I am back from Korea trip and my daughter is back to the university too.
Hope all well at your end.
Nagashree says
Beautiful looking bread, I am always on the look out for different wheat bread recipes. will try this recipe sometime.
Reeni Pisano says
I think your scoring is beautiful Swathi! This looks like a delicious loaf of bread! Perfection. Sweet post and tribute to your Dad and husband! I'm glad he had a good day.
Uma says
looks delicious. Nice dish.
Archana Potdar says
This is awesome. Just what I need.What is the substitute for bread flour?
Swathi Iyer says
Archana, you can substitute with all purpose flour.
kala says
Whole wheat breadd this is soo coollllllll
Shanavi says
The bread has come out very well Swetha..Super
Swathi Iyer says
Shanavi, you changed my name.
Renata says
What a gorgeous loaf, Swathi!
Rani Acharyulu says
Yes Swathi Dads are always special in daughters life. Nice write up,what a soft and delicious home made bread.
Gayathri Ramanan says
bread looks super soft and perfect...have to try this...bookmarked it
Pavithra R says
Yep, Dads are always special!!
Good to know that your hubby makes lentil stew 🙂
It is lot of work to make bread at home, hence I never have tried nor do I have a conventional oven in my apartment.
But true, the wholesomeness of making something at home is unbeatable.
Bread looks perfect.
Guru Uru says
One slice would not be enough, so fluffy and delicious 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Vimitha Anand says
Perfectly baked bread Swathi. will try soon
Vimitha Anand says
Perfectly baked bread. will try soon
Sona S says
Bread looks delicious.
Rafeeda AR says
the bread looks so spongy and delicious... would love to try this sometime... 🙂
Shree says
missed this space somehow. I am going to learn many great recipes from here ! and see many more beautiful pics !
Nilu A says
Wow! Healthy and perfectly baked bread Swathi 🙂
Gujarati Zaika says
Looks soft and perfect...
Roha Khan says
PERFECT..!!!
Veena Theagarajan says
looks so yummy.. perfectly baked. Nice article about dad
Navaneetham Krishnan says
Its touching to read the intro Swathi, almost had goose bumps. We surely appreciate the sacrifices our dads made. To be honest, I can't brag much about my dad. The only strong point that I would like to share is that "without him, I will not be who and what I am today".
Credits always for your baking skills and its so lovely, spongy and utmost perfect.
Divya Shivaraman says
that is baked to perfection...loved it
DivyaGCP says
Perfectly baked bread.. Looks Fabulous..
Sangeetha Priya says
soft n healthy bread Swathi, love it...
Chitz says
Wow.. the bread looks sooo perfect.. And beautiful slice too 🙂
Reni says
Nice write up about dads...I guess a Dad would always be the most loved man in his daughter's life :)Wonderfully made bread ...looks so perfect & soft 🙂 Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Vineetha says
Bread looks super swathi..
Priya Anandakumar says
Wow Swathi, very very healthy,soft and lovely bread, You have great collection of breads. Yummy...
sushmita pandit says
awesome 🙂
Eric Pepple says
Oh man that is beautiful! Definitely want to start making my own sandwich bread like this. How much do you think the recipe cost you total vs. buying a store loaf?? I always like seeing the price difference 🙂
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Swathi Iyer says
Eric, I haven't done the research I will try and update.
Gajus kitchen says
Looks awesome with perfect crust.