One of the things I love about being able to bake is making bread. It is one of the most simplest things to make and you have so much variety with it. You can make plain, chocolate, fruit, soft crust hard crust or a bread with a filling. These I will put on here as and when I do them.
Seriously doing it by hand then eating the end result is so much nicer and better than buying it (which I must admit we still do some times) or making it in a bread machine, I know there are so many packets of flour with things in them ready for bread machines and I will admit before I got confident in making my own bread and happy with how I was kneading (we all have different ways of doing this and you just have to find one that is right and comfy for you) we used to use a bread machine, which has been sitting in our dinning room on the side board for ages, well over a year now.
What you need:
400g strong white bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 oz dried fast action yeast
3 oz butter soft.
250ml water
What you do:
In a large bowl put all your ingredients in and using your hand mix until you have a soft dough.
Lightly flour your work top and place your dough onto this and knead your dough for 5 minutes.
Lightly flour your bowl
and place your dough inside cover with cling film and leave to rise.
It need to double in size so put it some where warm this should take about an hour.
Preheat your oven to 230o'C. Line a baking tray with grease proof.
Place your dough onto a lightly floured work top and slice about a third of the dough and shape into a ball.
Shape the rest of the dough into a ball. Transfer onto your baking tray and slightly flatten. Place the smaller ball on top and either using a wooden spoon or your finger make a hole in the middle, making sure you go right down and can feel the tray.
Using a sharpe knife make vertical slashes from the top of the dough to the bottom. do this all the way around the dough. Sprinkle with flour. Try not to flatten the top ball like I did.
Place in the oven on the second from bottom shelf and bake for 30 minutes or until it sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from the tray and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Happy Baking
Shelly
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Seriously doing it by hand then eating the end result is so much nicer and better than buying it (which I must admit we still do some times) or making it in a bread machine, I know there are so many packets of flour with things in them ready for bread machines and I will admit before I got confident in making my own bread and happy with how I was kneading (we all have different ways of doing this and you just have to find one that is right and comfy for you) we used to use a bread machine, which has been sitting in our dinning room on the side board for ages, well over a year now.
What you need:
400g strong white bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 oz dried fast action yeast
3 oz butter soft.
250ml water
What you do:
In a large bowl put all your ingredients in and using your hand mix until you have a soft dough.
Lightly flour your work top and place your dough onto this and knead your dough for 5 minutes.
Lightly flour your bowl
Preheat your oven to 230o'C. Line a baking tray with grease proof.
Place your dough onto a lightly floured work top and slice about a third of the dough and shape into a ball.
Shape the rest of the dough into a ball. Transfer onto your baking tray and slightly flatten. Place the smaller ball on top and either using a wooden spoon or your finger make a hole in the middle, making sure you go right down and can feel the tray.
Using a sharpe knife make vertical slashes from the top of the dough to the bottom. do this all the way around the dough. Sprinkle with flour. Try not to flatten the top ball like I did.
Place in the oven on the second from bottom shelf and bake for 30 minutes or until it sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from the tray and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Happy Baking
Shelly
XXXX
I love to bake bread and will definitely be trying this recipe. It makes such a beautiful loaf. I confess, I do use the bread machine (sometimes) to mix and knead the dough, but prefer to mix by hand. There's just something about making it by hand. Great recipe - thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank You Stephanie and in all honesty I might have use the bread maker in september when my baby is due as do not think I will have the time. xx
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