In Nova Scotia, Canada, it's a long standing tradition to eat baked beans and brown bread on Saturdays, though some folks do it on Sundays.
This ultra moist yeast bread consists of lard, oats, molasses, wheat bran and flour for it's main components.
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I have a small baking business, with a store on my front lawn, and I also provide my baking to two other stores in the community.
I make pretty large batches sometimes and couldn't live without my 20 quart mixer.
My BFF
Tourist season is over, and it's a bit quieter now, so I'm only making 10 loaves today.
I start by boiling water and adding it to lard, salt, oats and wheat bran.
After 10 minutes of soaking I proof my yeast.
Once the yeast is bubbly I add it to the mixer with molasses.
Now it's time to start adding the flour. I use all purpose.
I continue to add flour until the dough is smooth as a baby's bottom ☺️
Keep adding flour ... Until it's perfect.
Next I transfer it to a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. I keep it in a warm place until it has doubled in size.
That should do er!
I grease 10 bread pans and get out my scale.
I make 600 gram loaves and sell them for $6 CDN (about $1 USD with our currency these days lmaooo jk...kinda...).
I form my loaves, put them in the pans, and cover with plastic wrap again letting them double in size.
Voila!
I preheat my ovens to 365F (should be 350 but you know how ovens are 😅). They bake for 32 minutes.
A very important step at the end is to brush them with butter when they first get out of the oven.
Don't you just love how they glisten?
Let cool for 30 minutes, slice, slather with butter, and enjoy! 👩🍳
Everyone will be happy with their brown bread tomorrow I'm sure 😃 Soooo good!
Nova Scotia Brown Bread
- Makes 48 rolls or 6, 600 gram loaves
Ingredients
- 1 cup wheat bran
- 2 cups instant oats
- 2/3 cup lard
- 4 cups boiling water
- 1 & 1/2 TBSP salt
- 2 TBSP yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 & 1/2 cups molasses
- 10-12 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp butter
Directions
Combine bran, oats, lard, salt and boiling water in a large bowl or mixer
After 10 minutes of soaking oats & bran, proof yeast by mixing yeast, sugar and warm water in a separate bowl
Once yeast is bubbly add it to your oats & bran mixture
Add molasses and mix well
Add flour slowly while mixing until it becomes a shaggy dough
Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until dough is smooth and supple
Place dough in a greased bowl and let rise until it has doubled in size
Punch down and make 48 rolls or 6, 600 gram loaves in greased bread pans
Allow to double in size
Heat oven to 350F and bake for 20 minutes for rolls or 30 minutes for loaves
When rolls or loaves are out of the oven brush tops with butter
Holy fuck.. that's a grownassman mixer.. I admire your testicles and your mixer
Lmaoooo!! Thanks Dave 😄😄😄
I can already imagine the aroma of the bread! Just looking at it makes me hungry 🤤🤤🤤.. I want to 🍞🍞
I wish I could share some with you 💗💗💗💗
Perfect. It looks delicious with its butter on top.
Thank you, it's really irresistible ☺️
Guau this bread looks like very delicious .
Thank you 🙏 it's one of a kind!
que sabroso!
Gracias por enseñarme una palabra nueva 💗
That butter brush right out of the oven is the chef's kiss that makes brown bread sing :)
The loaves looks perfect and that deep molasess note with oats sounds cozy for a Saturday beans and bread tradition.
My numbers brain loves how simple and repeatable your flow is.
Pure comfort, saved for the weekend , and totally worth the wait.
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