How To Bake Pandesal and Other Breads

httStart by dividing the dough into desired portions, round and form into logs. ht Flatten the dough using the heels of your hand, make sure the thickness is even. Fold the short end of the dough and press using your fingers. Roll the log using the heels of your hands, i am using my right hand to take the pictures since i have no one else in the house to take them, (you can view the complete steps in my ebook if you want). Honestly, i just watched the bakers at Purefood's Flour do this maybe 8 times and practiced it at home for another 8 times before i managed to make a decent looking baguette. Pinch to seal and pan. I left my baguette pan back home, this one is too small i bought on sale for $9.99 just to please myself but i am not happy with this buy. Way too small for my baking style. Proof the baguettes until they triple in size, yes, triple. The proofed dough, and the baking (see how they puff up once inside the oven). I am not baking these golden...

the baguette and soft buns my students made last sunday december 13, perfect and not bad for beginners. although i shaped most of them or should i say reshaped them in tagalog "retoke", their baguettes are pretty good to look at. being a bread eater myself i couldn't wait to have at least one hotdog bun for dinner even if i had rice already. ooops, there goes my diet!!! so i tucked in some tuna and tofu burger patty inside and sent some to my niece (a lame excuse to not eat all of them). i cannot eat hotdog buns sold commercially so i am lucky i know how to make breads.