Home baked bread

[Cockney_si]

Hi, I'm looking for an easy way to make home baked bread.

Has anyone got any great recipies for really nice dough that makes good bread?

Do they do like an 'Aunt' Bessies' version where you just whack ready made dough in the oven?

Also where do I get the yeast from, do they sell it in places like T*sco or A*da or the like?

I really love the smell of fresh baked bread....hmmmmm....Many thanks.

[Bohne]

Basic Bread:

3 cups of flour
1 cup tepid water
1 packed of dried yeast
2 tbs oil
1 ts salt

Mix all, leave to rise, bake.

Or put it into the bread machine, like I do!

[mata hari]

This is what I do: Take 500 grammes granary flour (or any sort of strong flour)mix well with a handful of sunflour seeds and 2/3 tablespoon sea salt, leave to one side. Crumble 1 ounce of fresh yeast in 1/2 pint of handhot water, and add 1/2 teaspoon sugar, stir and cover with a plastic bag until it starts to ferment. When it's frothy, add to the flour and mix really well with your hand until well distributed. The dough should be of a fruit cake consistancy, if it's too dry add a little more hand hot water. Cover with plastic and leave for 15mins in a warm place. Put your oven on to 150�C. When the 15 mins is up, put the dough into oiled bread tins, and place in the mid-oven for 30 mins. During this time the bread should rise to the top of the tins. When that occurs, turn the oven up to 200�C and cook for a further 25/30 mins depending if you have a fan oven or not. Turn out the bread and tap the bottom to see if it sounds hollow, this will tell you if its done. Never fails for me!!

I would think fresh yeast would be avaiable from supermarket bakery counters (or chill fridges for cakes etc.) Thats where they keep it here in France.

Good luck,

MH

[waimarie]

We make our own bread at least once a week. In particular a granary loaf. I have amended the recipe to try and keep it simple and easy to remember :

200g strong white flour, 200g granary flour, 1 table spoon milk powder, 2 tspns yeast, 1 tspn salt, 1 tspn sugar, 15g butter, 250ml warm water.

I use a bread machine but no reason why you couldn't do it manually and build up your muscles. The important thing is to get the 'feel' of the proper texture and amend the liquid as required. With such small quantities even a small deviation can make a drier/wetter dough.

[meltoadhall]

this is recipe we use

2 cups tepid water

4tbsp milk powder

4tbsp oil

3 tbsp sugar

2 tsp salt

4 cups bread flour

1 pkt dried yeast

put in bread machine and 3 hours later lovely risen bread hmmmmmmm