White Bread
Basic white loaf
Ingredients
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500g of strong white bread flour
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1.5 level teaspoons of salt
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2 level teaspoon of dried yeast
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1 level teaspoon of caster sugar
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325ml water, at room temperature
You can see from the limited number of
ingredients that this is a really simple loaf, but it's a
good place to start - particularly if you're trying to cater
for people with less adventurous appetites!!
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Sift the flour, salt, yeast and sugar into a bowl.
Make a well in the centre of the mixture and add
the water.
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Mix the ingredients by hand, or with a wooden
spoon, until the dough starts to form.
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Tip the dough onto a lightly floured work surface
and knead for around ten minutes - until it is
smooth and elastic. The idea is to
stretch the dough and get air into it.
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Rest the dough by putting it in a large bowl that
has been lightly dusted with flour. Cover the bowl
with a tea towel and leave it in a warm place
until the dough doubles in size. This
will probably take about an hour.
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Turn the dough out onto a worksuface and knead for
around one minute. Cover with a tea towel and allow
it to rest for a further five minutes.
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Put the dough into a buttered baking tin and allow
to rise.
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