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Anyone got a great recipe for a basic white loaf?

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DollysDrawers · 28/04/2020 10:09

There are too many online with different tweaks so I want a recommendation. Can't be one that needs to prove for too long as I need it for lunchtime! Thanks.

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Binterested · 28/04/2020 10:12

This is fab. If you get going you’ll have it ready for lunch.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-white-bread%3famp

Binterested · 28/04/2020 10:14

And you don’t have time to do this now anyway but ignore the fridge thing. I tried that. Disastrous Grin

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sueelleker · 28/04/2020 10:15

I made it yesterday, it's fine.

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ReviewingTheSituation · 28/04/2020 10:40

The best loaves have a slower rise, which is at odds with your need for bread for lunchtime. Having enough time for the yeast to do its thing properly is what gives bread the best flavour (and to an extent structure and crust). Bread which is proved too quickly in a warm room will rarely be as nice as bread proved for longer at room (or even cooler) temps. Recipes which prove in a warm place tend to use/need more yeast (and most bread machines also use sugar for the yeast to feed on, whereas hand-made bread doesn't need this).

Good bread is also dependent on a very good knead - if the dough doesn't spring back when pressed with a finger, or tears when you pull it, it needs more kneading. If it springs back immediately when lightly pressed, and doesn't tear when you pull it, it's been kneaded enough and is ready to rise. Most people don't knead for long enough (because it's hard work). If you have a mixer with a dough hook, it's an absolute Godsend.

You can of course make bread in time for lunch... but it's worth exploring the 'slower' way for better bread if you plan to get into breadmaking long term.

FWIW - the recipe I follow (never had a dud loaf yet) is:
6g dried yeast (NOT fast acting dried yeast)
600g strong flour (I sometimes do half of this as wholemeal)
10g salt
390g/ml water

Mix together and then knead until it's ready to prove - takes a while if you do it by hand, but I use a dough hook.
Prove at room temp for up to 2 hrs, until doubled in size
Stretch dough into a shape a bit bigger than A4, then fold the corners into the middle (so it forms a rough ball). Use your hands to shape into a ball. Put on a baking tray to rise again for c45 mins.
Just before you bake, make 2 or 3 slashes across the top with a sharp knife.
Bake at 220c for 10-15 mins then turn down to 200 for another 20-ish. It's done when it sounds hollow when you tap it underneath.

Yum, yum!

sueelleker · 28/04/2020 16:50

There are also recipes for no-knead bread, which generally require overnight proving in the fridge.

tilligan · 28/04/2020 17:00

Have being baking bread since start of lockdown, best recipe so far....

recipes.sainsburys.co.uk/recipes/baking/easy-plain-flour-loaf

Quick, easy and very very tasty!

Speminalium · 28/04/2020 17:04

Look up no knead bread with Steve on youtube. He's a complete grandad bread geek but the recipes are incredibly simple and reliable. My 7 year old can make it (up to the scorching hot lecreuset in the oven bit). The bread is really really good. I've had to stop making his bread due to no yeast and my poncy sourdough loaves, though very beautiful, aren't that much better than Steve bread and are SO much more faff.

msmith501 · 28/04/2020 17:22

I doubled everything below to make the 4lb loaf on the picture. This recipe makes a 2 lb loaf.

500g strong white bread flour
7g yeast (live or dried)
1 - 2 teaspoons of salt depending on taste
A small amount of sugar (finger tip amount)
Mix all in well
Add tablespoon veg oil or butter (15g)
300ml of warm but not hot water
Mix well and then turn onto a work top with a bit of flour and kneed well for ten mins (it does get less sticky and messy)
Pop into a 2lb loaf tin and put somewhere warm for about 1 hour (until it's risen out of the tin and basically 2 - 3 times the size
Pop into preheated over at 230 for 15 mins and then Turn down to 200 for about 20 - 25 mins
Turn out an tap bottom - if it sounds hollow it's done - if not give it another 5 mins in the loaf tin.
Leave it to stand on a metal wire tray or grill grid

You can add olives, sundries tomatoes, herbs etc during the ten minute kneeling stage.

Anyone got a great recipe for a basic white loaf?
msmith501 · 28/04/2020 17:23

Meant to add there is no need for a second proving. You can do but you wanted a quick recipe. If you move to spelt flour or wholemeal, you rarely need a second proving.

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