Pain De Mie (pullman Bread)

Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups milk
• 6 tablespoons oil (i use olive oil)
• 2 teaspoons salt (sea salt if available)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons rounded yeast
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour

Recipe

• 1 combine milk, yeast and 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour.
• 2 beat and let proof 1 hour.
• 3 de gas and add oil, salt, sugar, 2 cups flour.
• 4 work in bowl until dough forms a ball.
• 5 knead adding flour as necessary until dough is smooth and a bit moist.
• 6 let dough rise in oiled bowl 1-1 1/2 hours .
• 7 de gas.
• 8 let rest 10 min.
• 9 shape dough to fit a pain de mie pan with lid, or use a large bread pan.
• 10 cover and let rise to 1/2 inch from top of pan, approx 30-45 min.
• 11 cover with lid, or cover a bread pan with waxed paper and put a weighted cookie sheet on the pan.
• 12 let stand 10 min.
• 13 pre-heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 14 pain de mie lid must be on the pan when in the oven, but remove cookie sheet from other bread pan.
• 15 bake 25 min.
• 16 remove pain de mie lid and let bake 10 more min.
• 17 put pan on wire rack to cool for 10 min.
• 18 turn bread out.
• 19 let cool to room temperature.
• 20 the loaf in the pain de mie pan should be flat on six sides.
• 21 perfect for sandwiches.