![Bread – How to Make Water Bread Recipe (Pan de Agua) [Episode 072]](https://amazingfoodstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1678054164_hqdefault.jpg)
In today’s video, I am making Water Bread or Pan de Agua. This is the second water bread recipe I tried, and this one came out really nice, perfect and that is why I am sharing it with you. It is very easy to make, and it requires just a few simple ingredients.
Ingredients:
2 ½ Cups of warm water (between 110ºF and 120ºF
2 Tablespoons of dry yeast
2 Tablespoons of sugar
2 Tablespoons of Distilled White Vinegar
1 Tablespoon of salt
1/3 Cup Canola Oil
6+ Cups of bread or all-purpose flour
1 or 2 Tablespoons of Corn Meal
1 Beaten egg
Turn the oven at 170ºF until it reaches the temperature, then turn off the oven while preparing the ingredients and the recipe. Place a pan inside the oven with 1-cup of water and leave it inside the oven while rising the dough and baking the bread.
Mix the dry yeast, the sugar, and the vinegar in to the warm water and let the yeast become active (until it is bubbly.
Then in the mixing bowl, mix the water mixture with the salt, the oil and the flour. Adding the flour a little at the time, not all at once. Mix for 5 to 10 minutes.
Remove from the bowl and knead with your hands to form a ball. Place the ball in to a greased big bowl. Cover preferable with a wet clean kitchen towel, not with saran wrap as I did (the plastic will stick to the dough).
Place in in the oven until it double its size.
Remove from the oven and knead to form a ball again and then cut in two pieces to make two loafs of bread. Form a long loaf of bread and slash with the knife from one end to the other about ¼ of an inch deep.
In the non-stick baking sheet, sprinkle some corn meal, and then place the loaf.
Place the baking sheets with the loaf inside the oven at 170ºF until it rises until your desire. Beat an egg and spread over the loaf of bread with a brush. Then raise the temperature to 325ºF and let it bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
BUEN PROVECHO!
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About how long does it typically take to double in size? 😊
Hi Luz, I’m wondering how long you knead the bread at each step and how long the machine kneads it? I’m very new to bread making so not sure how it’s supposed to feel when ready. Also, do you think it’s possible to make buns from this recipe? Thanks!
Very good video, I looked this up because my neighbor bought it for me, he knows I like to make bread, he is Puerto Rican and wanted me to try it.
Saludos from the island of Puerto Rico! Thanks for visiting my channel. It is really nice to read comments like yours.
beautiful! I am going to make this when my pa visit me this fall, I cannot wait for him to try some food from puerto rico made here from the Netherlands. Every day I miss the food from our island, but learning to cook for myself as i live away from my parents has brought me so much closer to Puerto Rico than i could ever be. I wonder is I can cook pan sobao just as good as it is in Barranquitas.
Just made 2 loaves, my first time baking!! One for us and 1 for the neighbors – turned out great – Thank You! I'll definitely be back to try other recipes!
Looks great I can’t wait to make it , couple of questions , 1 why did you have water in a pan as the bread baked? And I noticed the red mat you worked on , is that part of your kitchen or can one buy it if so where can I get one , thank you for making this video , I am from Portugal and my mother always made this bread
I made this bread and have a few comments and suggestions. The recipe should require 2 teaspoons of yeast, NOT 2 TABLESPOONS. The vinegar gave the bread a horrible flavor. The instructions failed to state that the dough should be kneaded for 10-15 minutes. The bread came out heavy and tasted so bad we had to throw it away.
Pan de Agua and rotisserie chicken from the bakery in Rio Grande and taking them to my friends place in El Yunque (the Rain forest and National Park) for lunch is one memory I cherish. We did this several times. We would then spend the day swimming in his pool and just laying around. We would also buy Pan de Agua at the bakery in El Viejo San Juan on Sunday mornings and tearing it apart while having coffee in Plaza de Armas was also something we did often in the years we lived there. I really miss the people, the climate and most of all Old San Juan. It was my favorite place to live. I live in the desert now in Southern Arizona, and it's ok. There are quite a few Puerto Ricans here and it's fun when we run into them and get to talk PR. muchas gracias por la recita senora.
WHY VINEGAR???? YUK
Going to try this. I have been challenged to duplicate a this. Looks yummy and easy. Thank you for posting.
I use to visit my father in-law in Jayuya and would go to the bakery in town and buy pan de agua with my little Spanish and tell them "no doblar" . The bread was great ,thank you for recipe ! I can't wait to make it.
Gracias por la receta muy bueno el pan