I often get asked which flour is best for making bread. It is both an easy question to answer and a difficult one. The reason for this is that I could just tell you to use bread flour, also known as strong flour and that’s the easy answer. If you look at the shelves of
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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes If you make sourdough bread there will come a time when you have to throw away some of your sourdough starter. This is inevitable. If the refresh is fairly recent (less then 24 hours at room temperature and less than 3 days in the fridge) then I urge
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This oat and honey bread is our eldest’s favourite loaf. It has a denser texture due to the oats, with a delicious sweetness with the honey. It makes lovely toast and is great with soup. Ingredients 350g strong (aka bread) white flour100g wholemeal bread flour50g porridge oats or jumbo oats5g easy bake (aka instant yeast)yeast
Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes Shaping your dough takes practice. The only way to get good at it is to keep trying. There are a multitude of ways to shape bread but my advice is to try to master one before trying another. This article shows you how to shape a loaf into
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Here is my master recipe for a basic white bread. I call it my master recipe because once you have mastered this one it can be adapted really easily into a multitude of different breads. It’s the recipe I use in my online Bread Made Easy masterclass. In the masterclass I show you how to
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Using the stretch and fold method to make bread makes it really easy to fit making bread into your daily routine. This is my favourite method for developing dough. It make making bread really easy. The stretch and fold method replaces kneading. The benefits of stretch and fold The dough develops gluten just as well
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Yes, you can use a mixer to make bread and it makes bread making very easy. My favourite way to make bread is to use the stretch and fold method. It’s easy, convenient and you get your hands on the dough so you learn how dough feels. However, using a stand mixer makes bread making
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(This post was first published in December 2020) We now have an online bread membership to help you make great bread at home. The membership combines all of the lessons in the masterclass plus my other online courses and a live monthly demo. You can become a member for a small monthly fee . You
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When you start to learn about making bread you will start to hear about ‘oven spring’ and you might be asking yourself “What is oven spring?”. Well, ask no more. When a loaf is put in the oven when it is fully proofed it will expand further, up to 30% of its original size, in
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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes Having success with bread making is all about confidence. That comes with practice and knowledge. Knowing a few top tips can really help. You can take my online masterclass for a deep dive into bread making. The course is designed to banish any fear about bread making you
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