Cuban Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 -4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 cups hot water (120-130 degrees)

Recipe

• 1 mix the 2 cups whole wheat and 2 cups of the flour together.
• 2 add the yeast, the sugar, and the salt.
• 3 pour in the hot water and beat for 100 strokes (or 3 minutes with a mixer).
• 4 stir in the rest of the flour until it is no longer sticky.
• 5 knead it for 8 minutes.
• 6 put the dough in a metal bowl that you have sprayed with cooking spray.
• 7 cover it with a damp towel.
• 8 let it rise for 15 minutes.
• 9 punch it down.
• 10 divide it into 2 pieces.
• 11 shape each piece into a round loaf and put them on a baking sheet that you have sprayed with cooking spray.
• 12 cut an x in the top of each loaf.
• 13 if you want you can brush the top with water and put sesame seeds or poppy seeds on top.
• 14 put the pan on the middle rack of a cold oven.
• 15 put a pan of boiling water on the bottom shelf.
• 16 heat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 17 bake the bread for 40-50 minutes or until it is deep golden brown.
• 18 **ifyou want to use your food processor, put all the dry into the bowl.
• 19 turn it on and slowly add the water until the dough forms a ball.
• 20 let it spin 20 times.