White Bread
I purchase the ingredients from http://www.snk.com.au
Makes 2 Loaves
Ingredients:
- 1200gm untreated flour
- 1 tablespoon natural improver
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1.5 tablespoons dry active yeast
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 1L of very warm water (400ml boiling : 600ml room temp.)
- 1 tablespoon oil (optional)
Directions:
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl and make a well.
- Pour in 3/4 of the liquid, add oil and mix thoroughly.
- Add half of remaining water and mix. Let the mixture rest for a minute or so, then add enough of the remaining water to create a moist stiff dough.
- Place a sheet of clingwrap over the mix and put somewhere warm until dough has doubled in size (sink filled with warm water is an option).
- Remove the clingwrap and turn dough out onto a floured board/bench.
- Oil the tins.
- Cut the dough into quarters. Take one quater and fold it into itself about 20 times. Make into a ball, and place in a tin, smoothest side up.
- Repeat for the other quarters.
- Spray or brush with water, and add seeds or flour to the top.
- Allow the dough to double in size again. Preheat the oven to 220degrees (200 Fan forced).
- Bake for 30minutes, turn out onto cooling racks immediately.
Options:
Light Wholemeal: Sub out 300gm of untreated flour for 300gm of Wholemeal flour (my fav)
Light Rye: Sub out 300gm of untreated flour for 300gm of Rye flou
Multigrain: Add 100gm of a grain mix to any of the above options.