- Free time (This is important)
- Some kind of over tray or bread tin ("900g loaf tin")
- Big plastic food bag
- 320-380ml of H2O (Water)
- 1 teaspoon of salt (This the can be less..or more if you are weird..)
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 6-7g of dried fast-action yeast (Will ensure it will rise)
- 500g of flour (this is personal preference)
- any additives you feel like you would enjoy, It's always nice to experiment, (If adding chocolate peices please be weary as it may not work that well)
- Carefully put the salt, flour and yeast into a large bowl
- Mix together (hands are prefered for this)
- Slowly add between 320-380ml of lukewarm water and continue mixing until it turns into a soft dough
- Have a lightly floured surface (this prevents sticking)
- Carefully put the dough onto the surface
- Knead the dough (until it is no longer sticky, add more flour if it takes too long)
- Get the oven tray and apply olive oil too it
- Fit in the dough carefully and equally
- Put it inside the plastic food bag and leave it to rise for 45m to an hour
- After the hour, Poke it and if it doesn't spring back leave it for a bit longer
- Preheat oven to around 200C / gas mark 6.
- Cut across the top of the loaf
- Put it in the oven and bake for 30-45 minutes, best point is when it is a nice gold on the top
- Carefully take it out and put it on a cooling rack and check the base of the bread to see if it cooked well (sounds hollow with a nice crack sound)
- Leave it to cool
Congratulation you have made a loaf of bread, Now here is the fun part... Cutting it, I mean, Making really good toast.
So make some sandwiches in the meantime I guess?