Thanks it worked pretty well.

At least I thought it was ok. SWMBO says its like a crumpet! But then she buys that Kingsmill stuff what is the point in that?

kingsmill and hovis and most other massed produced bread use 'soya flour' which is not good or healthy (its cheap and nasty)
because they use soya flour in their products became the main reason i bake our own bread

it also took awhile for the family to get used to wholesome home made bread as all they were used to was the plastic massed produced stuff
but now they will not touch that massed produced stuff as they are so used to home made bread ...

+1.
I made one yesterday(tues')which turned out rather well and disappeared very quickly
I have 2 small white loaves and my first ever wholemeal loaf waiting to go into the oven at the moment
Should have been quicker so i could eat them with my dinner.....




yours wecrookie

i hope you enjoy the fresh bread
and please play with the recipe

add sun dried toms, grated hard cheese, olives, seeds and/or herbs
please add a table spoon of extra water for the added dry ingredients to the mix

this fresh wholesome bread is yours make it your own ...

edit
strong wholemeal bread flour is the hardest flour to work with
it takes time to get the mix just right, but is worth it in the end ...

I've just had a couple of slices of home made Brioche!

Clickety

What a faf to make (started last night) but by jingo it's worth it. I think I need a wider baking tin as I had to cook it a lot longer that it said in the recipe as you may be able to tell from the colour.
I imagine trying to make it without a food mixer would be spectacularly messy as it's more like dealing with a sponge batter than bread dough.

God yes. Enriched doughs are just the messiest things to work with. They stick to everything and never look like they're going to come together at all.

sorry, its been updated, bump ...

i (did) work in a supermarket bakery so i have an advantage but i refuse to buy massed produced.
note. had to removed from that work environment due to health reasons ...

but i bake our families own bread daily, by hand, using a very simple recipe.
(i also use 500gm pre-packs available from most stores. without added soya flour)

white.
500gms of strong white flour.

brown.
450gms of strong brown flour.

wholemeal.
400gms of strong wholemeal flour.

50/50.
use half of the amounts for each type of flour mixed together.

350ml luke warm water.
luke warm = 250ml of cold water and the rest from a boiled kettle then stir.

the mix. (elixir)
in to the luke warm water using measuring spoons add.
heaped tea spoon dried yeast (7ml)
level tea spoon salt (5ml)
level tea spoon sugar (5ml)
Table Spoon of olive oil (15ml)
stir gently and let stand.
while the mix is standing weigh the flour.
stir the mix (elixir) gently again then pour into a mixing bowl. then add the flour.

mix then knead into a dough for 20 mins (bread maker, food mixer or by hand) then let prove for about 20/30 mins

i turn the oven on at this stage and have the bread tin sitting on top of the cooker.
place the proved dough into a well greased baking tin and prove again for about 30/40 mins.
or until the dough has just risen above the top of the baking tin.
(each batch i prove twice)

place the baking (2lb) tin into a pre heated oven (200c).
bake for 35/40 minutes (check at the 30 minute marker for a fan oven).

turn the baked loaf out on to a cooling rack.
fresh bread daily, nothing like it ...

edited.
as i am using a new mixer and baking containers also corrected a few errors.

note.
if using silicon bread containers which i have just changed to (saves greasing just lightly oil the base)
place the silicon container on to a tray and then place both tray with silicon container into the oven ...

update
simple fruit loaf
i have worked on this recipe to get it simply just right ...

Simple Fruit Loaf
250g strong white flour
200g sultanas or 200g mixed fruit

The mix (elixir)
200ml of luke warm water (150ml cold 50ml hot)
Dessert spoon (Dstspn 10ml) of olive oil
1 level tspn of yeast
1 level tspn of sugar
½ level tspn of salt
½ heaped tspn of ground cinnamon
½ heaped tspn mixed all spice

use the same mixing, kneading, proving and baking methods above and then, please simply enjoy ...