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Plain flour bread (bread without yeast)

Sliced loaf of bread with butter and jam

Plain flour bread (bread without yeast)

Name: Plain flour bread (bread without yeast)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Cuts into 10 slices
Ingredients: 500g plain white flour or wholemeal flour, plus extra; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; ½ tsp fine salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 350ml-400ml natural yogurt or buttermilk; handful of oats or seeds, optional

Esther Clark

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Cuts into 10 slices

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 45 mins

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This no-yeast bread is made using any plain flour you have at home. It’s slightly denser than a yeasted bread, but very satisfying spread with butter or dunked in hot soup

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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500g plain white flour

or wholemeal flour, plus extra
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp fine salt
1 tbsp sugar
350ml-400ml natural yogurt

or buttermilk
handful of oats

or seeds, optional

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal205
fat1g
saturates0g
carbs42g
sugars4g
fibre2g
protein6g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Put a flat baking sheet in the oven to get really hot.
step 2

Mix the flour, bicarb, salt and sugar in a large bowl until evenly distributed. Make a well in the centre and tip in the yogurt. Bring together to make a slightly sticky dough.
step 3

Lightly dust the dough with extra flour and form into a fat log, around the same size as the tin. Put in the tin. Dip a wooden spoon in flour and make a line along the centre. Top with a small handful of oats or seeds, if you like.
step 4

Bake on the hot baking sheet for 40-45 mins or until golden brown. Leave to cool in the tin then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before cutting into slices.

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