Brown bread
Preparation Time: 35 - 50 minutes
Cook Time: 35 - 45 minutes
Serves: Serves 6 - 8
There is nothing better than home-made bread, and it's never been easier!
Ingredients
1kg Snowflake brown bread flour
10ml salt
30ml butter or margarine
10ml sugar
10g (1 sachet) instant dry yeast
650ml lukewarm water
Method
- Sift flour and salt together. Rub in butter with fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sugar, mix and add yeast.
- Gradually add enough lukewarm water to mix to a soft dough. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 - 10 minutes, or until dough is smooth and elastic. Place dough in a large, lightly oiled bowl, cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 20 minutes, or until doubled in size.
- Knock down dough on a lightly floured surface and knead again until smooth. Divide dough in half. Shape each piece into a loaf and place into two greased 22.5 cm loaf pans. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 30 - 40 minutes, or until doubled in size.
- Brush top with water and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for about 35 minutes, until golden. Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out into a wire rack to cool.
