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Caron's homemade bread
Cooking can be a great stress-buster. Why
not look at the contents of your fridge,
freezer or cupboard and use it as an
opportunity to be brave and childlike.
Experiment! Rule nothing out! This recipe for
bread has only four ingredients so do try it
out if you can. It doesn't matter if doesn't
come out perfectly - just relax, take your
time and enjoy the process!
Ingredients
500g strong white or brown flour
2 teaspoons of salt
3 tablespoons of oil
1 sachet or 7g dried yeast
300ml of warm tap water
Mix flour yeast and salt together
Add oil to water
Add liquid to flour, yeast and salt mix well
Tip mix onto a lightly floured surface
Knead until satin soft
Place in a lightly oiled bowl and let it rise for one hour
Knock back dough (punch air out of the dough)
Mould gently into a ball and place in a greased loaf tin or a
baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper
Leave to double in size
Heat oven to 220C fan, 200C or gas 7
Bake for 25-30 mins. Loaf should be golden
brown and sound hollow when tapped on
underneath
No yeast? No problem! Make your own!
1. Put 200g each of both lukewarm water and any
type of grain-based flour into a container – leave
room for your mixture to grow.
2. Store it somewhere warm overnight - uncovered
3. The next day get rid of half the mixture and add
another 100g of both water and flour
4. Repeat this process every day until you see
bubbles appear
5. Use this mixture instead of yeast with our recipe!