Wholemeal rolls

Very easy, very tasty, very quick and healthy! :) And, what is a big advantage, it is possible to heat them up in a microwave before eating or freeze :) And they're absolutely mouthwatering after a short meeting with microwave... Recipe from: http://www.kwestiasmaku.com/domowa_piekarnia/buleczki_razowe/przepis.html

Ingredients:

• 2 boiled and smashed potatoes
• 420 g of wholemeal flour
• 1,5 teaspoon of salt
• 2 and 1/4 teaspoon of instant yeast (or 14 g of fresh yeast)
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 1/2 glass of milk
• 40 g of butter
• 3/4 glass of milk
• 1 egg - separately egg yolk and white

Additional ingredients:

• 4-6 tablespoons of favourite grains
• poppy - to sprinkle the tops

Preparation:

1. Peel and boil potatoes. Smash, take 3/4 glass of them, put aside.
2. Take a big bowl, put flour, salt, yeast, sugar and 1/2 of milk inside. Stir.
3. Take a pot, put 3/4 of milk and butter inside. Boil on a low heat till the butter melts (it needs to be warm, not hot, not 100C). 
4. Prepare a clean surface - sprinkle it with flour.
5. Make some empty space in the middle of the bowl, put milk with butter inside and add potatoes. Stir. Add egg yolk and grains. Knead the dough (it will be sticky).
6. Put the dough on a spinkled surface and knead for another 10 minutes (it is highly probable that some more flour will be needed) till the dough is smooth, flexible and not sticky. 
7. Put it in a bowl, cover with clean cloth and put aside for 1,5 hours.
8. Take a baking tray, grease it and put a baking paper all over it. 
9. Start preheating the oven to 175C.
10. Take the dough, start forming rolls in a desired size* and put on a baking tray.
11. Beat the egg white and put some of it on every roll. Sprinkle every roll (for example) with poppy.
12. Put the baking tray with rolls in the middle height of the oven, bake for 30 minutes.
13. Take out from the oven, wait for 5 minutes and separate the rolls. Cool down.
14. Bon appetit! :)

* They shouldn't grow much which is why I advice making 6-10 bigger rolls

Home-made bread with thick, crunchy skin

A very tasty bread and a very good recipe. I guess it is impossible to fail... :) The only disadvantage is time, which is why it is good to prepare the dough in the evening and bake it the next day, in the afternoon/evening.

Recipe comes from this website.

Ingredients:

• 300 g of flour
• 100 g of wholemeal flour
• 1,5 teaspoon of salt
• 20 g of fresh yeast (or 1 teaspoon of instant yeast)
• 300 g of cold water

Optional ingredients:

• wholemeal flour or bran or poppy to sprinkle the top of the bread
• a handful of pumpkin or other seeds to 'upgrade' the bread :) 

Preparation:

1. Put the flour in a big bowl. Add salt, crumbled yeast and stir using a spoon. Add water and stir again(quickly, shortly, so that all the ingredients link).
2. Cover the bowl with foil and put aside for 12-14 hours in a room temperature (it grows).
3. Sprinkle the kitchen surface with flour, put the dough on it. Fold it 3-4 times, using your hands.
4. Take a clean cloth, sprinkle it with flour, put the dough on it. Cover the dough using the same cloth and put aside in a warm place for another 1-2 hours (it grows again).
5. After 1,5 from these 2 hours in point 4, put the oven's lattice on the lower part of the oven (1/3), take a clean casserole (with its lid) and put it in the oven. Start preheating the oven to 240-250C.
6. When these 2 hours end, take out the casserole from the oven (be careful it will be very very hot!) and put the dough inside it (sprinkle your hands with flour, it is easier to move the dough then).
7. Cover the casserole with its lid and bake for 30 minutes. 
8. After 30 minutes, take of the lid and bake for another 15-30 minutes. Advisably, after 5-10 minutes, cover the top of the bread with foil.
9. Take out from the oven, cool down.
10. Bon Appetit! :)