Quick & Easy Bread Recipe

If your feeling a little creative this weekend raid the store cupboard and get baking!

Ingredients:

650g bread flour / stong white flour
1tsp sugar
15g dry yeast
1 pint luke warm water
1tsp salt

Directions:

Put the flour and salt into bowl and mix together.

Make up 150mls of water (50mls boiling, 100mls cold) and dissolve sugar.

Sprinkle 15g of dry yeast into the water and sugar solution and whisk together thoroughly.

Leave in a warm place until the surface is covered with about 20mm of froth (about 10 – 15 mins)

Whisk again and add to flour and salt in the bowl.

Add more luke warm water bit by bit until the mixture has formed a dough.

Knead for approx. 10 minutes.

Divide or leave whole depending on whether you want a loaf or rolls cover with a cloth and leave for 15 minutes.

For rolls bake in the oven at 180C for approx. 20 minutes or until sounds hollow.

For a loaf of bread cook at a lower heat, 140C for approx. 45 minutes.