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Cuban Bread Recipe

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Ingredients

1/2 oz salt .
1 oz instant yeast .
1 oz sugar .
15 oz water .
24 oz bread flour

Directions

Step #1 Place the water in mixing bowl.
Step #2 Mix all other ingr.
Step #3 in seperate bowl.
Step #4 Add dry ingr.
Step #5 on top of the water.
Step #6 Mix on low or speed #2 for kitchen aid mixers.
Step #7 (12min.
Step #8 ).
Step #9 Add a little oil at the end of the mix, this will make it easy to remove the dough from the bowl.
Step #10 Lighty flour or oil flat surface & flaten the dough by hand.
Step #11 Lighty strech & fold all 4 sides in.
Step #12 (note:this will help to get a higher dough when baked off.
Step #13 Place the dough in an oiled bowl with the folded sides down.
Step #14 After 30min punch down & do one more strech & fold.
Step #15 Let ferment 30 more mins.
Step #16 Punch down & form dough into a round loaf.
Step #17 (about a 20 oz loaf.
Step #18 ).
Step #19 Set loaf in or on what ever your going to bake in or on.
Step #20 (oiled or greased pan).
Step #21 At this point you can choose to score the bread now or I wait about 20min or even the end of proofing.
Step #22 (take care not to cut to deep if at the end.
Step #23 ).
Step #24 Let loaf proof about 30 to 60min.
Step #25 (dough should dent to the touch but dont over proof).
Step #26 You can eggwash just before you bake but I place a small iron skillet at the bottom of the oven when heating to 400.
Step #27 I place the bread on the oven racks & add a 1/2 oz of cool water to the skillet to steam.
Step #28 3 times or 1st 5min.
Step #29 No eggwash is needed if your going to steam.
Step #30 Bake at 400* about 18min.
Step #31 (dont forget to turn your bread after about 12min or halfway.
Step #32 (even browning).
Step #33 Remove the bread & place on a cooling rack.
Step #34 (if you use a bread pan be sure to remove your loaf from the pan so it doesnt become sogy when cooling).
Step #35 Cool & enjoy.
Enjoy the Cuban Bread recipe