This recipe is for one loaf of sourdough that will weigh about 1kg. You can double the recipe to make two loaves whilst the oven is on. If you would like a copy of my Sourdough ebook with all the information you need about making and maintaining a sourdough starter, making and troubleshooting your loaf […]
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This recipe uses my simple white bread recipe. Ingredients 500g white bread flour330-340g (or ml) water (You may need more or less depending on flour) 5-7g easy bake yeast or 10g fresh yeast 10g salt (or if you prefer you can go as low as 5g of salt) Method Place the flour, yeast, salt and
This is a lovely bread well worth making. You can add any muesli that you might have in the cupboard or just add a mixture of oats, nuts and dried fruit. You can add 50-100g of muesli to a simple white bread or follow my recipe below to add more taste and fibre to your
This old fashioned bread pudding transforms a staling crust into a delicious treat. Ingredients 225g bread (any bread that you have left over)300g milk 50g butter, melted1 egg75g soft brown sugar175g dried fruitRind and juice of 1 orange2 teaspoon mixed spiceDemerara sugar to sprinkle over the top (about 2 tablespoons) Method Line a 2lb loaf
This is a great recipe for using up that bit of bread that is languishing on your bread board, getting staler and staler. I always have lots of bread in this house (from testing recipes, running bread courses etc) and I hate to throw them away. In truth, if they don’t get transformed they go
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These were made for last weekend’s Flour Sale at Green Acres Farm, Kemberton. They grow and mill organic wheat on the farm and sell it at the farm gate on pre-arranged days. This weekend the weather was glorious and the farmer, Mark, led a farm walk explain his agro-ecological approach to organic farming. These biscuits
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About six months ago it had never occurred to me that you could bake bread in a slow cooker. Then Becky asked for a recipe over on my Facebook group Bread Made Easy. That triggered my interest and I went out and bought the cheapest and smallest slow cooker on the UK market (Wilko’s in
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These are so much tastier (and better for you) than any tortilla you can buy. They are easy and quick to make too. I often make these if I have forgotten to make a loaf (this sometimes does happen!) This recipe is just one of the flatbreads I teach you how to make on my
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Hot Cross Buns, Makes 9 These are a lovely traditional treat on Good Friday. If you prefer to make them without the mixed spice feel free to leave it out. You can also replace the dried fruit with chocolate chips or chopped up Easter chocolate or small cubes of fudge. Once you taste a home made hot
If you are lucky enough to have wild garlic local to you then I urge you to go out and harvest some. It is delicious added to your bread dough like I have done here in this recipe, or made into a garlic butter and used in my wild garlic bread – two ways. Wild
