WHITE BREAD LOAF
You can't beat a good old fashioned loaf of freshly baked bread - especially when it is made by your own fair hands. This ridiculously simple white loaf will serve all your sarnie needs with just a few ingredients. Just try not to scoff the whole loaf!
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour plus extra for dusting
- 7 g sachet fast-action dried yeast
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 350 ml lukewarm water add in increments you may not need all of this
- butter for greasing
Instructions
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Make the dough by tipping the flour, yeast, sugar and salt into the bowl of your mixer and make a well in the middle.
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Pour in most of the water and attach a dough hook to a medium speed until combined to a slightly wet, pillowy, workable dough - add a splash more water if necessary. Should take about ten minutes.
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Place the dough in a clean greased bowl, cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
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Heat oven to 190C. Knock back the dough by tipping it back onto a floured surface and pushing the air out.
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Mould the dough into an oblong shape that will fit your loaf tin and place in the tin. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to prove for another 30 mins.
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Bake for 30 mins until the loaf sounds hollow when removed from the tin and tapped on the base. Leave the bread on a wire rack to cool completely. Wait until cooled completely before slicing so you do not compromise the structure of the loaf... or screw it, if you can't wait - who cares?!
