Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject: Bread... (Pic Heavy)
I spotted some flour in a local shop and thought I,d have a go at making my own bread .
My father was a baker and I used to love watching him make the odd loaf at home so here goes
I worked off a traditional old recipe and heres the pics of my first attempt at baking bread by hand from scratch
The main ingrediant
Impressing the neighbours after they enquired what was smelling so good
(I made two so they could have one)
Taste test I was really proud of myself first attempt not to shabby at all
seems our friends approve of the smell of fresh baked bread :lol:
hey good job! Im a big fan of doing things oneself. whether it be taking game animals of baking bread it always better when you worked for it _________________ "Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far" Theodore Roosevelt,
Ingredients
2 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 dash salt
12 oz ale
1 scallion, handful, chopped (green/spring onion)
1 cheese, handful, grated
Directions
Stir flour, salt, and baking powder together. Add beer. Stir in green
onions and cheese, if desired. Knead dough briefly, adding more flour
if sticky. Shape into a round loaf and place in a greased pie pan or
on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 F. for 30 minutes, until
golden brown or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
1 lb wholemeal flour
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
11/2 teaspoon bicarb of soda
300mls milk
1oz melted butter
2 teaspoons vinegar
mix everything together into a dough knead for 1 minute
cut a cross in the top
put on a floured baking tray
put in a pre heated oven 220 degrees celsius for 30 mins or till bottom sounds hollow [the breads , not yours ]
put on wire rack to cool
DEEEEELISH....... ..mack _________________
fantastic Lads well done, Morlan 578.and to Wabbiter, I make my Irish brown soda bread, as well, 3cups of good wholemeal brown flour,
1 tablespoon, salt,
1tablespoon sugar,
1teaspoon baking soda,
1teaspoon salt,
and use buttermilk, the small cartons they sell in the supermarket knead and mix all together, into a nice dough, shape into a nice loaf, 2-and half " high, cut a nice cross, on top, bake in pre heated oven 200deg, for about 45minutes, and you will have a lovely brown soda loaf, when ready take it out of oven let it cool place a nice clean tea towel over the top it helps to keep the crust from going to hard, and soda bread tastes better,when 1 to 2 days old, and if you like it a bit more rough you can put a hand full of bran in the mix, I do this quite often,
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Im typeing with my eyes shut at the moment... Richies "Expermenting" again lol!
