Prosphora recipe 2 (Mat. Galina's)

 Here is the recipe for one prosphora loaf in the pan that works for our oven. All ingredients are organic.

The steps are simplified for saving time and muscles, LOL

4 cups of King’s Arthur flour, not sieved

1 tsp of sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp of Red Star baking yeast 

1 1/2 cup of pleasantly hot water

Mix all dry ingredients in the Viking mixing bowl with spatula. Turn the mixer on STIR, add water—not all at once, but also not too slow. Let it mix until the ball if formed. Cover and let it rise for about an hour. 

The next steps are done by eyeing. 1/4 of dough rolled in a flat circle of the approximate diameter of a pan, put into the pan sprinkled with flour, pressed and patted with wide silicone turner spatula.

 The leftover dough also rolled into slightly bigger circle than the pan. Moist the first circle with wet paper towel, and drop the second one on it. Again use the spatula to press down and pat the dough pie, especially in the center. Make many holes (deep but not all the way through) with a bamboo stick. Any design of holes and prayers during the baking process are welcome. Cover it with a piece of aluminum foil and let it rise for about 30 min until the dough is even with the pan edge. Uncover and bake in the preheated oven at 350 for 1 hour.

The color of the loaf should be light-golden. Drop it out of the pan and cool down on the towel, turning a couple of times. God bless your efforts!