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High Protein Bread

My new favorite breakfast high protein bread. I got tired of store bought processed options and now I make this bread recipe all the time. It is light and delicious. Perfect for grilled cheese sandwiches!
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings: 30
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 60
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 330 g  ( 12 oz ) bread flour or all purpose flour
  • 165 g ( 6 oz ) Vital wheat gluten flour
  • 405 g ( 14.5 oz ) water or half water half milk mix (200g milk, 205 g water)
  • 45 g ( 1.6 oz  ) water (for yeast)
  • 25 g ( 0.9 oz ) white vinegar
  • 15 g ( 3 tsp ) dry active yeast
  • 10 g ( 1 tsp ) salt

Method
 

  1. Mix bread flour and  Vital wheat gluten flour and salt together in a large bowl. Mix very well.
  2. Heat up the water to about 105F
  3. Add water to the flours and combine
  4. Add 25 g of white vinegar
  5. Combine all ingredients into one sticky dough. Cover it up and set aside
  6. Mix 45 grams of water add 15 grams of active dry yeast. Mix and let it rise for 15 minutes
  7. After 15 minutes add the yeast to the dough
  8. Work it into the dough and keep on squeezing the dough to the max
  9. Cover it up again and let it rise for 30 minutes
  10. After 30 minutes start stretching the dough (see pictures). Wet your hands before handling the dough.
  11. Keep on stretching the dough until you cannot no more. Roll it into a ball, cover and set aside for another 30 minutes
  12. After 30 minutes divide the dough into 2 even parts
  13. Stretch each part of the dough by holding it up in the air (see pictures or the video)
  14. Wet a cutting board or flour the surface.
  15. Put the stretched dough on the board and start folding it, trying to pop all bubbles
  16. Put the dough into 2 loaf pans lined with parchment paper
  17. Cover and let them rise for another 30 minutes
  18. Preheat the oven to 350F (180C)
  19. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the top is browned
  20. Remove from the oven and the pan. Remove parchment paper and lay the loaves on a rack to cool completely