Since ancient times in Russia on big holidays it was accepted to bake a loaf - the bread intended for a holiday table and reception of guests. National traditions are observed to this day. The wedding celebration doesn't do without loaf, welcome with bread salt dear visitors. It is possible to bake a loaf and with own hand.
It is required to you
- flour - 1200;
- yeast powder - 2 tablespoons;
- vegetable oil - 100 g;
- eggs - 8 pieces;
- milk - 125 g;
- sugar - 6 tablespoons;
- salt - 2 teaspoons.
Instruction
1. Prepare a sponge dough. For this purpose take a third of the laid-up flour, sift it and connect to milk and yeast. Put a teaspoon of sugar in mix 1 and well mix everything that dough as on fritters turned out. Put it to the warm place for 1.5 hours for fermentation.
2. When the sponge dough grows and will begin to sink in the center - begin to knead dough. Sift the remained flour in a bowl, mix with salt, collect by the hill and make a funnel in which pour in a sponge dough. Then add 7 yolks until white pounded with sugar and vegetable oil. Mix all ingredients. The last add 7 whites beaten in strong foam.
3. Carefully knead dough to smoothness. Put it to approach to the warm place for 2.5 hours, having covered with a clean towel. During this time press down dough twice.
4. Cut off a small part of the test for decoration of a loaf. The braid around it is surely necessary, and from above jewelry can be any - on your discretion. Create a sphere from the remained most part. Make two plaits for a braid and bind. Grease a loaf with protein in the location of jewelry for their fixing. Paste a braid, having twisted with it a loaf, and other jewelry.
5. Grease all surface of a loaf with the yolk which is stirred up in half with water. Put a loaf in the oven heated to 200 degrees. When the top blushes, cover it with a foil and reduce temperature to 180 degrees. Bake a loaf until ready (1 hour or slightly more). Later switch off an oven, open it and let's a loaf cool down within 15 minutes.
6. Get a loaf and put on the dish laid by napkins that the bottom didn't become wet. Cover it with a towel and leave before full cooling.