How can I make my bread less crusty?

Bella08

I've been mking bread for a few months now but it always comes out quite crusty, the recipe I follow tells me to cook it at 230c for 25 minutes, if I lower the temperature a bit will this make it less crusty?

thriftlady_2

to keep my rolls soft I wrap them in a cloth as soon as they come out of the oven. You could try that.

Using some milk as part of the liquid might help too.

Seakay

Cool it with a butter paper on top and a clean towel doubled and draped over (or brush with butter, marg or oil, put greaseproof paper on top and then the towel,or just wrap it in the towel) but still on a wire cooling rack. Stopping the steam escaping so quickly softens the crust, and so does fat.

thriftmonster

Seakay wrote: »

Cool it with a butter paper on top and a clean towel doubled and draped over (or brush with butter, marg or oil, put greaseproof paper on top and then the towel,or just wrap it in the towel) but still on a wire cooling rack. Stopping the steam escaping so quickly softens the crust, and so does fat.

I brush mine with margarine as soon as they come out of the oven and it does soften the crust considerably

Andy_Hamilton

Reduce the salt slightly

HelenKA_2

I take it out of the machine imediately, cool it on a cooling rack with a clean tea towel thrown over and put it in the (Lakeland) breadkeeper as soon as it cools.

Bella08

Seakay wrote: »

Cool it with a butter paper on top and a clean towel doubled and draped over (or brush with butter, marg or oil, put greaseproof paper on top and then the towel,or just wrap it in the towel) but still on a wire cooling rack. Stopping the steam escaping so quickly softens the crust, and so does fat.

Thanks, they're in the oven now, so we'll try this when they come out.

kay41_2

damp tea towel - softens the crust when bread comes out of the oven - wrap the whole loaf on it for a softer loaf

Zed42

I put a bowl of water in the bottom of the oven, which therefore creates steam, and seems to lessen the hardness of the crust.

I also, put a little flour on the top of the loaf, pre-cooking.

When I take the loaves out of the oven, I place them on a wire rack and cover with a tea towel, which again helps.

For rolls, I substitute half of the water for milk.

Good luck ... it's all fun experimenting