making bread the traditional way

Today we made bread, my son and I.

 
My son being a strapping 19, almost 20 year old heard i was going to give traditional breadmaking another go and decided he wanted to do it with me.
I have made loaves in the past in my old breadmaker but have only done it by hand twice, one success and the other a dead ringer for a concrete doorstop!
We wanted to make the bread for lunchtime so i found a really speedy recipe on the net.

Bread in four easy steps

Kids can help with this super-simple bread recipe. Use whichever flour you like, granary, wholemeal or white

Recipe uploaded by

Sara Buenfeld

 

Ingredients

• 500g granary, strong wholewheat or white bread flour
• 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp clear honey

1. Tip the flour, yeast and salt into a large bowl and mix together with your hands. Stir 300ml hand-hot water with the oil and honey, then stir into the dry ingredients to make a soft dough.
2. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins, until the dough no longer feels sticky, sprinkling with a little more flour if you need it.
3. Oil the loaf tin and put the dough in the tin, pressing it in evenly. Put in a large plastic food bag and leave to rise for 1 hr, until the dough has risen to fill the tin and it no longer springs back when you press it with your finger.
4. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Make several slashes across the top of the loaf with a sharp knife, then bake for 30-35 mins until the loaf is risen and golden. Tip it out onto a cooling rack and tap the base of the bread to check it is cooked. It should sound hollow. Leave to cool.