German Golden Toast Bread – Best Toast Bread

Posted on April 18, 2024 by admin

Ingredients German Golden Toast Bread

18 g or 0.6oz salt
100 ml water, cold
12 g fresh yeast or 2 pck dry yeast (1 pck for 500 g flour)
1 kg – 2.2lb – flour, all purpose, unbleached
1.5 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp (20 g) corn starch, Non-GMO
1/2 stick (60 g) butter, very soft
500 ml milk, cold

Original recipe uses 20 g backing malt – Find it here on Amazon – which is roasted, ground barley, malt coffee. Baking malt is an enhancer for yeast.

Note on Yeast
1 (0.6 ounce) cube of Fresh Compressed/Cake Yeast equals 1 envelope (or packet) of Active Dry Yeast, Instant Yeast, Rapid Rise Yeast, Fast Rising or Bread Machine Yeast, which equals 2 1/4 teaspoons or 7 grams.

Baking Instructions German Golden Toast

– Mix salt with water, add yeast, mix well. Let sit for at least 30 min. Cover with kitchen cloth.
– Add remaining ingredients, butter at last. Knead for 10 min the dough so you get a medium firm dough. It can be still somewhat sticky but that is okay. Don’t add more flour.
– Cover with foil or a kitchen cloth and let sit for 2-3 hours. Dough should increase to double amount.
– On a floured surface knead the dough briefly.
– Transfer dough to a greased and large baking pan. Dough should fill the form half. If you have too much dough fill it in 2 or 3 different forms. You need extra space because the dough will raise again. So don’t squeeze it in one pan.
– Preheat oven to 400F.
– Cover the pan with a kitchen cloth and let raise again, dough volume should be visibly more.
– Place in oven with a fire proof cup that is filled with water.
– Bake for 35-40 min.

Place on a cooling rack and let cool off before cutting it. The best with butter, jam, cold cuts or cheese.