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Part of your reason homemade bread is tastier is because of this process. Making bread at home without any additives is a LONG process that includes a good 8+ hours of waiting. That’s without any work at all, so going from flour to slices can take a good 10 to 12 hours. Industrially made bread goes from flour to sliced in under 4.
That time to develop matters a LOT to the taste, proper fermentation creates most of the flavour.
It’s entirely possible to go flour to sliced at home in 5 hrs, with just a big dose of yeast compared to the longer recipe. It doesn’t taste as good for sure. But it’s how some people I know make bread. Personally, overnight is worth it.
You can have bread ready in less time than that, especially if you are using starter dough, if in a hurry you can just use more of it, keep it optimal temp like 90 or 100 degrees or whatever, and give it an amount of sugars to supercharge it.
Part of your reason homemade bread is tastier is because of this process. Making bread at home without any additives is a LONG process that includes a good 8+ hours of waiting. That’s without any work at all, so going from flour to slices can take a good 10 to 12 hours. Industrially made bread goes from flour to sliced in under 4.
That time to develop matters a LOT to the taste, proper fermentation creates most of the flavour.
It’s entirely possible to go flour to sliced at home in 5 hrs, with just a big dose of yeast compared to the longer recipe. It doesn’t taste as good for sure. But it’s how some people I know make bread. Personally, overnight is worth it.
True, but more yeast and less time absolutely makes for worse bread. You can even add baking powder if you’re really in a hurry…
You can have bread ready in less time than that, especially if you are using starter dough, if in a hurry you can just use more of it, keep it optimal temp like 90 or 100 degrees or whatever, and give it an amount of sugars to supercharge it.