Monday, January 25, 2010

Homemade Bread

So i don't use too many measurements for this but i will try and put it into a way that makes some sense (hopefully!)

Into a bowl put:

2c white flour
1c wholemeal flour
I also add 2T gluten flour
Tablespoon of raw sugar
Tablespoon of salt
Tablespoon of active dry yeast

Mix these together well then add a little warm water at a time, making sure the dough is very wet and sticky (similar to scone mixture). On the bench put down a cup of flour, pour the mixture on top and add another cup of flour on the top and start slowly kneading and mixing in the flour. Knead for ten mins or so until the dough is able to be worked into a ball and is no longer sticky. Oil a bowl and put the dough into it, placing the bowl somewhere warm, in the oven is fine if its on the lowest, or if the heat is now turned off. Leave this till it has doubled in size (about half an hour) and punch down, this mixture makes enough for two loafs, or one loaf and the other half for pizza dough.
I half the mixture, then add pumpkin, sunflour, and linseeds and knead in a little.
Put into a well greased tin (Olive Oil) and put back in the oven on the lowest heat for half an hour till it has risen to double its size, once risen, turn up the heat to 170'c for half an hour. Enjoy!

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