Bread in four easy steps

Bread in four easy steps

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

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8 thick slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

plus rising
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  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.

PER SLICE

231 kcalories, protein 10g, carbohydrate 42g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 4g, sugar 3g, salt 0.63 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2009.

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  • 12 November 2012

    Mel Heyman rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just trying this for the first time today...currently waiting for its second rise! Hoping it's not going to spill over the 2lb loaf tin!

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  • 18 November 2012

    anitax commented on this recipe

    on my second loaf. Accidently threw away the blade to my bread maker and yet to be replaced. Desperate for home made bread found this recipe. Actually prefer the bread and so easy.

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  • 25 November 2012

    Karen commented on this recipe

    Excellent recipe and works every time, made it again last night and my son said it was the best bread he'd ever had.

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  • 03 February 2013

    Kathy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A lovely recipe and very easy. I do a second rise on mine and make it into rolls so I can freeze them and make them last the week.

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  • 09 February 2013

    JMLF commented on this recipe

    I'm a beginner when it comes to bread making but have made this a couple of times now (following the recipe to the book) - have found each time 2 things that seem to not work as I think they are meant to...: 1. The bread doesn't seem wet enough when all ingredients are mixed so when I knead the bread it cracks/breaks off rather than stretches 2. The bread (after cooking) is rather dense and heavy... which I assume may be due to the problems in the first stage? Any help would be great. Cheers

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  • 24 February 2013

    Mooze82 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy and very tasty! I have made this twice now, once to make a loaf and once to make rolls and have had compliments from all that ate them!

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  • 01 April 2013

    cookiecat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    First attempt at bread-making without a bread maker. Very easy and delicious. Used a 2lb loaf tin.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8 thick slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

plus rising
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Low-fat

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231 kcalories, protein 10g, carbohydrate 42g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 4g, sugar 3g, salt 0.63 g

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