with the move to a more wholefood diet I decided to make my own bread. Elapsed time is about 2.5 hours, but each stage only takes 5-10 mins and you need to be around nearby to move it onto the next stage.
I think I’ll bake several at a time and freeze them to make it more efficient.
Put the flour, yeast into a large bowl and mix together with a spoon. Stir the tepid warm water with the oil and use the large spoon to mix it into a rough dough.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins, until the dough becomes smoother, Use a little more flour if you need it
Place the dough back in the bowl and cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm place for one hour to allow it to rise. (until it has doubled in size)
After it has doubled in size take it out of the bowl and knead again for 5 mins and this time place it in a bread basket which has been floured to allow it to rise for another 50 mins
Heat oven to 200C or fan 180C
after it has risen again, turn it out onto a metal tray and make a couple of deep cuts across the top (to allow the bread to expand).
Place the bread in the hot oven along with another metal tray on the bottom full of water (the steam from this will help the bread rise) then bake for 40-50 mins until the loaf is cooked. (if you want to check it is ready, lift the bread and tap the base, it should sound hollow).
Remove from the oven and place on a baking rack to cool.
Wholemeal bread
Equipment
- 1 metal baking tray
Ingredients
- 500 g wholemeal flour
- 300 ml tepid warm water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 7 g dried yeast
Method
- Put the flour, yeast into a large bowl and mix together with a spoon. Stir the tepid warm water with the oil and use the large spoon to mix it into a rough dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins, until the dough becomes smoother, Use a little more flour if you need it
- Place the dough back in the bowl and cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm place for one hour to allow it to rise. (until it has doubled in size)
- After it has doubled in size take it out of the bowl and knead again for 5 mins and this time place it in a bread basket which has been floured to allow it to rise for another 50 mins
- Heat oven to 200C or fan 180C
- after it has risen again, turn it out onto a metal tray and make a couple of deep cuts across the top (to allow the bread to expand).
- Place the bread in the hot oven along with another metal tray on the bottom full of water (the steam from this will help the bread rise) then bake for 40-50 mins until the loaf is cooked. (if you want to check it is ready, lift the bread and tap the base, it should sound hollow).
- Remove from the oven and place on a baking rack to cool.
Nutrition
(All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more).
