Orange Amaranth Bread Recipes

BREAD MACHINE AMARANTH AND ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Add ingredients to your bread machine in the order suggested by its manufacturer.
• Process on the bread cycle.

EINKORN AND AMARANTH SOURDOUGH BREAD REVISITED

Steps:

• Mixing, Gluten Development & Bulk Fermentation
• Mix all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl until they're well incorporated. Cover and let the dough rest 30-60 minutes.
• Laminate the dough 1-2 times. This can be done in quick succession or with a rest in between. Return the dough to the bowl, cover and let it rest about 30 minutes.
• Perform 3-4 rounds of coil folding/stretching and folding at 20-40 minute intervals.
• End the bulk fermentation when the dough is puffy and bubbly. In my oven with the light on (mid-80s), this dough fermented about 4 1/2 hours.
• Pre-shaping, Bench Rest, Shaping
• Scrape the dough out of your bowl and onto a lightly floured countertop. Preshape the dough into a ball, cover it with your bowl, and let it rest 20-60 minutes. Aim for the shorter side of that range if the dough is webby and very fermented, and longer if it seems less fermented.
• Flour the rested dough and your proofing basket. Flip the dough and shape it into an oval, round or oblong loaf. Flour the shaped dough and place in your proofing basket seam-side up.
• Final Proof
• For the final proof, aim for an expanded dough that doesn't rebound when gently poked. In the case of this dough, I left it at room temperature for about 70 minutes and then popped it into the freezer for 20 minutes. Overnight refrigeration works, too, as does room temperature only, and many combinations of warm and cold.
• Preheating & Baking
• Before the final proof is over, preheat your oven and baking vessel to 500F for 30 minutes.
• Flip your dough directly into the base of your baking vessel, or flip it onto parchment paper and then transfer the dough and parchment to the base of your vessel.
• Score the top of the dough.
• If your baking vessel is made of clay, you can paint the dough with water if you want to remove excess flour and add more steam to the process. If your baking vessel is made of cast iron, you can add an ice cube under the parchment paper.
• Cover and return the vessel to the oven.
• Bake:
• 15 minutes at 500F with the lid on. If your baking vessel is made of cast iron, add a baking sheet under your baking vessel after this stage.
• 10 minutes at 450F with the lid on.
• 5-10 minutes at 450F with the lid off.
• The internal temperature of your bread should be at least 205F when you remove it from the oven. Let the dough cool for several hours before cutting.

CINNAMON SWIRL ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in water.
• In a mixing bowl, combine milk, orange juice, sugar, shortening, peel and salt.
• Add 2 cups flour, yeast mixture and egg; mix well.
• Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes.
• Place in greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours.
• Punch dough down and divide in half. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Roll each half into 15-in. x 7-in. rectangle.
• For filling, combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over rectangle. Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon water.
• Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a short end. Seal edges.
• Place with sealed edge down in two greased 8-in. x 4-in. x 2-in. loaf pans.
• Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from pan and cool on wire racks.
• Combine glaze ingredients; spread over loaves.