Hard Do Bread

My bread was soft and nice, a little hard on the outside and soft on the inside. I thought it was going to be “tight” like the Grenada $2.00 bread. I will add some “almond meal” to this recipe next time to add some fiber to my bread. All around, my family enjoyed it.

When I made this recipe as written, I did not find it to have the crumb of hard do bread. The recipe calls for too much yeast. The second time around, I used 3 1/2 cups King Arther all purpose flour, 1 cup plus 3 tsp water, 1 1/2 tsp salt, and 3 tbs lard instead of butter/oil. I also brushed it w/ a whole egg and cream egg wash.

Definitely will make again.

I love hard dough bread. I grew up with a Jamaican step father and this is one of the things that I loved he would buy. This doesn’t taste like what I’m use to, but it’s good in it’s own right. It was gone before it had fully cooled!

Its edible, it doesn’t taste great and it doesn’t taste like hardo. Perhaps I’ve done something wrong

I did make a few changes to make a bigger loaf (4 cups flour). I also increased the salt to 2 tsp. I also used scalded milk instead of water. I think the most important thing is to bake the bread after 15-20 minutes rise. This keeps it dense. Do not let it double in size. Great recipe. Made even better if you do a bread starter the day before or at least 2 hours before making the dough.

Very good taste, but softer texture than hard do. I will be making this again and again.

So I decided to make bread for the first time and this was my first choice and it turned out great. I love this bread I grew up on this bread and now I’m going to be making this bread all the time!?

I found it to be very bland! Definitely not making this again.

My new Beau loved it. Hopefully I can later tell our grandbabies that this recipe caught Granny a man.

Lovely but it has a much lighter density than the store-bought versions I’ve been used to. It’s a nice addition to my recipe box but I’ll keep looking for something that’s a bit more dense.

First Time Making Bread Came Out Soft & Nice My Daughter N Husband Also Enjoyed It Thinking About Making My Own Bread Weekly Instead Of Buying At The Supermarket Great Recipe

I made two loaves with this incredibly easy recipe yesterday. I used a bread machine on dough setting. I LOVE using the bread machine for kneading. Used equal parts bread flour and white whole wheat flour (just because we need to eat a little healthier). Used coconut oil instead of oil and margarine. I also added 4 teaspoons of gluten just in case I did not get the elasticity I was looking for. I think it would have been fine without. At the end of the kneading and rising in the machine, I punched down the dough and placed it in greased loaf pans for 15 mins. Then baked for 30 mins in 350F. I then spread a little coconut oil over the hot loaves. This is not the first time that I have made hard dough bread using whole wheat. I have found that I need to add a little more oil/fat because whole wheat can be on the dry side. Maybe I need to add a little more water?

I’ve been learning to make bread at home for fun and I’ve been trying various recipes. This one is pretty decent the bread came out as close to hardo bread that I eat at home in my West Indian culture. For people who are learning this is a good one to try; I added a little more butter about a teaspoon and a little bit more sugar. It made one loaf and I actually needed a little more flour than the recipe called for because the dough was sticking to the counter but I added the flour sparingly as I kneaded. The dough was nice and soft and as it baked it smelled heavenly! Bakery Bread will taste different than homemade bread because many of the ingredients are actually weighed and the yeast type but this is a good one…keep trying good bread takes practice!

This is the best recipe i have tried so far. I love this bread. It takes me back home everytime i baked it…Thank you

This is really good bread and so easy, I had to add extra water to the dough and the water in the over but otherwise it was awesome.

I just love this bread and so do my family. It’s easy to make using my Kenwood Chef. It’s very similar to the sweet type of bread we have had in France.

This was good, similar to the original but not quite the same texture. It is heavy and dense, but something that I can’t put my finger on is different from the bread I’m used to from Jamaican bakeries in NYC. Try it though and see what you think.

I found this recipe today and thought I’d try it for my Jamaican husband. It turned out wonderful. He said “it looks like Hard dough bread, smells like it and wow, tastes like it”! Will make this often, I am sure!

This is great bread. As others have said, it’s very close, but it’s not quite the same as the one from our Jamaican shop. The texture is almost right, but the crust and taste are a bit off. My husband’s family is from Jamaica; I didn’t tell DH what kind of bread I made, and he liked it and said it “reminded” him of hard do. If someone figures out the secret to make it exactly right, I hope they share it. I’m tired of having to buy it all the time. *One time I mixed the dough in my bread machine and baked in the oven, but it changed the texture of the bread considerably.

A sweeter bread that is dense. I don’t know what this is supposed to be like to compare so just giving my opinion. Will keep this recipe, but don’t know how often I’ll make. Maybe as a bun I’d find more uses for it so will try that I think.