My Bread recipe

[Happy Baker]

I use the same basic recipe for all my bread, it works very well!

1 kg Strong Flour
(This can be a mixture of different types - I commonly use 250g six seed flour and 750g white)
14g Doves dried yeast
20g fine sea salt
10g vegetable oil
700g water

I use a mixer with a dough hook for the first part -
Put the flour in, switch on, then the salt, wait a few seconds, then add the yeast.
Add the oil, then the water.
Let the mixer take the strain for about 5 minutes.

Pour the (quite wet looking) dough mixture out onto your worktop.

Now the fun begins!

I have the Richard Bertinet books, and I use his method of working the dough for another 5 minutes, until I feel the dough is "right"

You can see a similar method of working the dough on this link!


Then the dough goes back in the mixing bowl for an hour at room temp, or overnight in a cold room or fridge.

After you have carefully emptied it out of the bowl stretched it into a rough square. Create a backbone by folding the edges into the centre, divide the dough into the loaf sizes you want (I divide it into 3) and leave to rise for an hour at room temp.

Bake in a hot oven - 230/250 degrees c for 25 to 30 minutes.

Leave to cool

Cut, butter and enjoy!


I buy my flour from Wessex Mill, in bulk, mail order, it's great flour and the postage rates are more than reasonable.
www.wessexmill.co.uk/
I've been using it for about 15 years, and my Husband turns his nose up if we have to buy bread!
I also use Doves Farm quick yeast, it's as good as live yeast we think, having tried the live stuff and not actually tasted the difference!
I bake once or twice a week, and then freeze it.

[thelan19]

Wow, this video is really interesting. I am so glad to have this video recipe for bread. Well, need some more recipes for a small Italian brunch party and found really good ideas along with live cooking videos at Nom Photo Sharing app. Definitely going to try these all.

[oblertone]

Interesting to see how others do things i.e. No sugar and a higher baking temp than I use.

FWIW mine is:

900gm strong flour (often mixed with wholemeal, seeded, spelt or rye)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp dried yeast
2 tbsp olive oil
600 ml hand hot water (actual amount varies but just enough to combine)

Machine mixed until combined, then kneaded until 'right'. Left to prove until I remember, then split into two. Baked at 200c for 30 mins with a tray of water in the bottom of the oven, release the steam and bake for another 10min.

[downunderdave]

Feb 23, 2017 17:40:01 GMT oblertone said:

Interesting to see how others do things i.e. No sugar and a higher baking temp than I use.

FWIW mine is:

900gm strong flour (often mixed with wholemeal, seeded, spelt or rye)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp dried yeast
2 tbsp olive oil
600 ml hand hot water (actual amount varies but just enough to combine)

Machine mixed until combined, then kneaded until 'right'. Left to prove until I remember, then split into two. Baked at 200c for 30 mins with a tray of water in the bottom of the oven, release the steam and bake for another 10min.

I use a pie tin. It takes up less room in the oven. Another method is to throw in ice cubes on the oven floor.