The kids have been asking me for ages to bake bread at home.. And recently they gave been relishing the fresh bread I buy from the supermarket…
Ok so here goes!
We need
500g bread flour
1.5 tsp. salt
1 tspn sugar
15g softened butter or 15ml vegetable oil
Sachet of yeast.
About 300ml water 1 part boiling 2 parts cold
(I used Allinsons flour and yeast)
- Put flour in a bowl and add salt
- Stir in yeast and sugar
- Slowly add water to create a soft dough
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead of around 10 minutes until smooth and elastic
- Shape dough, or put in a tin, cover and place somewhere warm for around 45 minutes until doubles in size
- Preheat oven to 230 degrees Celsius
- Place dough in oven for 15 minutes
- Reduce temperature to 200 degrees Celsius and bake for further 15-20 minutes, until bread has risen and is go.den brown, and sounds hollow when tapped underneath.
- Turn out and cool on a wire rack
- ENJOY!
My ingredients
Turning the dough out, ready to knead
Dough kneaded
Shaped and ready to prove
45 mins later
In the oven
Here’s our bread!
And it tastes not bad too! Pretty good for our first attempt!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Apr 09, 2015 @ 11:26:30
“Sachet of yeast” — I’ve never heard it called that before… it’s so cute. But you forgot to pour melted butter over the top of the bread. 🙂
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 11:27:41
Oh, I smothered a warm slice in butter, to check it out, just after baking! It was lush!!!! 😀
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 03:21:26
That looks yummy
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 06:59:55
It was thanks! We impressed ourselves!!! ☺
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 01:24:51
Looks amazing!
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 06:58:18
Thank you! 😊
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 00:53:45
Nothing like freshly, home-made baked bread! and the aroma…!divine.
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 06:57:53
Oh the smell, I know! I’m a sucker for that freshly baked bread smell!!!
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 21:58:28
Looks like our challah which we bake every week for sabbath 🙂 great job!!
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 22:14:32
Actually I got the idea from your Challah! I taught lessons in very basic Judaism to Yr 1 classes for 2 years, and we had a special Fake loaf to use so they could roleplay a Shabbat dinner!! ☺
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 05:22:36
Cool!!
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Apr 09, 2015 @ 07:01:28
😊
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:25:16
I used to bake bread with a bread machine (popular in the 90’s), but it was really only good for soft-crusted sandwich type breads. Nothing beats a crispy-crusted hand-baked loaf!
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:41:56
My son had just completed a food based topic at school (he’s 9!) and was so eager, I was like why not! Let’s do this!!
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 19:24:30
It looks fab!! ❤
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:05:28
Thanks!! 😀
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 19:24:27
Chop grate puree all the necessity of the kitchen all except but not including the handle of hot pots or knives
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:05:13
😀
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 19:02:56
Wow, that looks gorgeous Ritu. You can beat home-made bread! 🙂
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 19:13:32
Not bad for a first effort eh!! 😊
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 19:14:11
Damn good if you ask me!
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:03:36
Think we need to work on the kneading to get it a little lighter, but it was tasty! 😊
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:06:16
It did look really good and rose well.
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Apr 08, 2015 @ 20:07:05
😊
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