Freshly Baked Bread

 There is nothing better than the smell of freshly baked bread

Vienna Cobb Loaf

You Will Need

500 g bakers flour

10 g Salt

30 g Fine semolina

Bread improver use as per instructions

15 g Dried yeast

10 g Milk powder

300 g Water

To Make

Mix 200 g of flour, 30 g semolina with yeast and 300g water. leave for 15 minutes. Add rest of ingredients and mix to form a dough.

Use the dough hook on your mixer. Mix for 10 minutes on low speed or knead by hand. Shape the dough and place into baking tin.

When proved, make three diagonal cuts across the top of the loaf to a depth of approximately 1cm.

Sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds.

Freshly made crumpets are are tender, delicious and worth the time it takes to make your own

Crumpets

You Will Need

335 g flour

370 ml milk

20 g Dried yeast

10 g Sugar

9 g Salt

90 g Cold water

1 g Bicarb soda

The soda in this recipes increases gas production during cooking, producing the holes on the top surface.

To Make

Mix the flour, milk, yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl. Mix to a smooth clear batter. Cover with cling wrap and leave for 1 hour.Mix bicarb soda into cold water, and beat into the batter. Rest for 5 minutes Preheat a cast iron non-stick pan over a low heat.Spray 4-3 inch ring molds or egg rings with non stick spray. Use either a ladle or a jug to fill the rings. Crumpets should not rise above the rings or molds. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until the bubbles all burst and create holes. Remove the rings and flip over, 1 minute is usually enough for this. Get Inspired

One my favorite bread recipes, inspired by a trip to Italy and using 400 year old wood ovens in a town called Mercantale.

You can go knead doing folds instead of kneading or use the mixer with a dough hook, The other trick is if short on time use a bread improver to ensure a no fail crusty loaf ready to enjoy.