Bread recipes

Hi all,

A friend asked me for the recipes we use for our bread, so I thought I'd pop them up here for all to use.  They are variations on the recipe from our bread maker book and I've made them both with the bread maker, and without.  The white and wholemeal recipes can also be used for bread rolls

For those with a bread maker, simply place ingredients into the breadmaker tin in the order which your book prescribes, then use your white or basic setting for white bread and wholemeal setting for wholemeal.  Dough for rolls can be made on your dough setting


White Bread Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups warm water (not too warm)
1 tablespoon active yeast (I use Edmonds Surebake active or Mauripan yeast)

2 tablespoons sugar (Aust. tablespoon - 20ml)
2 teaspoons salt
4 1/3 cups white flour
2 tablespoons oil (Aust. tablespoon - 20ml)

Wholemeal Bread Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups warm water (not too warm)
1 tablespoon active yeast (I use Edmonds Surebake active or Mauripan yeast)
2 tablespoons sugar (Aust. tablespoon - 20ml)
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons white flour
4 cups wholemeal flour
2 tablespoons oil (Aust. tablespoon - 20ml)


Recipe

Put the warm water into a bowl and sprinkle yeast over the top.  Leave 10 minutes or so, until the yeast has bubbled up a little.

Combine all dry ingredients together in a bowl, then add oil and yeast/water mixture
Mix to a soft dough, then turn out onto a floured board and knead for 5-10 minutes

Leave to rise in a warm place for about a half hour, then knead for a further 5-10 minutes
Shape into loaf of bread or rolls and place on an oven tray.
Leave to rise on tray for about half an hour
For rolls, brush tops with egg and then sprinkle seeds (e.g. sesame or poppy seed).

Cook at 200 degrees Celcius for approx 20 minutes for rolls, 35 minutes for bread.  To test if bread is cooked, knock on the top, and if the loaf sounds hollow, it is ready

Variations:

After the first kneading and rise (or when your breadmaker beeps) try adding some of the following:

Handful of:

• Seeds (linseed, sesame seed, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds)
• Dried apricot pieces
• Sultanas or raisins

Take care all,
Mama Fern