¶Ingredients

• 500g AP flour
• 0.25L milk
• 1 egg
• 1 packet yeast
• 1tsp sugar
• "a few" tsp salt
• old French bread [optional]

¶Steps

• Heat small amount of milk for 10 seconds in microwave to lukewarm. Add 1tsp sugar and yeast. Whisk and let sit 10 minutes to activate yeast.

• Combine flour, egg, few dashes of salt, yeast mixture, and rest of milk (room temp). Stir together, knead for 10 minmutes. Dough should be smooth and non-sticky. Add flour to decrease stickiness.

• [Optional] Break a piece or two of old break into small cubes and mix into dough.

• Cover with cloth and let sit for 2 hours to rise.

• Dust wooden board with flour and form into two loaves. (Loaves will double in size while cooking.)

• Cover with cloth and let sit for another 20 minutes.

• Steam the loaves for 18 minutes. (Ideally in a strainer basket pasta pot if you have one; floating in boiling water if you don't.)

• Poke with fork to let out steam; slice with cooking twine.

¶See also

Goulash