Simple Bread Dough
Who doesn't love the smell of freshly basked bread? This is a well proven (pardon the pun) general bread dough. Use for loaf, rolls or focaccia. And it's preservative-free.
Ingredients
- 360 ml Water
- 2 tspn Dried Yeast
- 1.5 tspn sugar
- 600 g White Bakers Flour
- 2 tspn Salt
- 2 tspn Bread Improver (optional)
- 1 Tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
- Insert dough blade. Add water, yeast and sugar. Dough P1, Step 1, start.
- Add flour, salt, bread improver. Drizzle the olive oil over the spindle to stop the dough climbing up during kneading. Change speed to 6. Start.
- Start Step 3. It takes 30min but can be reduced to 15 min if you're in a hurry.
- Remove dough hook and remove dough from the bowl. Shape into desired loaf shape, or split into rolls. Optional - lightly sprinkle with water (for a crust) and sesame seeds.
- Second prove - cover dough with a tea towel and leave to double in size in a warm place. Preheat oven to 180C.
- Cook until golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. Approx 20min bread rolls, 30min Vienna, 40min loaf tin, Remove immediately to a cooling rack.