Bread for the very beginner

bread

First of all, thank you for reading this absolute beginner topic 🙂

I want to make bread at home. To be specific, I used to live in Germany and ate a lot of this type of bread:

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It's called Zwiebelbrot in Germany.

I also have something like this.

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For the very very, absolute beginner, what do I really need to make bread at home?
Do I need a bread-maker machine, or is my kitchen already enough for this task?
Are there any tip that you want to give me on my first bread adventure?


RESULT:

First of all, gather all types of stuff from (mamas) kitchen 😀

gather stuff:D
Mix everything youghly, drop an egg on it
egg bomb:)
In a pan, easily fry some onions
onion :)

After that, mix everything together, add the onions:
add1
add2
add3
add4

After that, knead everything WILDLY (notice the blur on my head:) :
knead1
knead2
knead3
knead4
knead5
knead6

The final result should look something like:
final1
final2
final3
final4

SUMMARY:

My FIRST try ever to make bread, I'm so proud:)

I'm so proud

After that, the raw product was:

Raw

The finished product:)

Baked

and the grande finale:)

grande finale 1
grande finale 2

Thank you very much 🙂

Best Answer

To make basic bread, including Zwiebelbrot, all you need is a place to mix and knead ingredients (clean work surface or large mixing bowl), a warmish place for rising, and an oven with reasonable temperature control.

For the onions you need a small pan, and a stove top. Or you can do them in the oven too!

Therefore, your kitchen looks fine.

Making bread is not difficult, or hard work. The effort and time required for kneading bread is way overrated. Also have patience, allow the dough to rise properly.

Expect a few failures; search the net about any failures, if you have them.

Use a marker pen on the oven dial when you find the right temperature (The calibration of the dials is usually not very accurate).

For Zwiebelbrot, you can cook the onions in a shallow tray or light pan in the oven while waiting for it to come up to temperature for the bread. Make sure you cool the onions before spreading on the dough. A simple way is to spread them out on a spare metal oven tray for a few moments first.