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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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes The temperature of your dough during fermentation is an important consideration when baking. Professional bakers talk about Desired Dough Temperature (DDT) all the time. They want their doughs to be maintained at the desired temperature so that the fermentation occurs exactly as planned. That way the loaves are
Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes If you bake bread in a Dutch oven it can improve the texture, oven spring and crust of your loaf. NB.This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. If you purchase items using these links I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Why use a
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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes You can learn how to make delicious bread at home in a really easy way in my online bread masterclass Why score/ slash a loaf? Scoring/ slashing your loaf allows your loaf to burst at the cut when it expands in the oven with oven spring. If you
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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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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes I often get asked how to store bread to keep it at its best for longest. Store in a cotton/ linen bread bag My number one tip is to pop your loaf into a cotton or linen bread bag or wrap your loaf in a clean tea towel.
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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes Salt isn’t just added to bread to improve its flavour, although that is really important. It has a few important roles in the development of the dough and the quality of the final loaf. Salt is added to bread at a rate of between 1-2% of the flour
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Subscribe for bread tips, advice & recipes Knowing when your loaf is ready to bake is really important for a successful loaf. If your loaf is left too long it will overproof and whilst it may look spectacular – fully risen and filled with air – as soon as you put it in the oven
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Subway have made the news today after the Irish court ruled that the bread that they make their sandwiches with cannot be considered bread at all. One of Subway’s franchisees appealed to have the tax removed from their sandwiches arguing that the sandwiches they sell are a staple food and as such should not be
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