Recipe – White & Wheat Bread
Servings – 14 Slices
Cost Per Loaf £0.57 – Cost Per Slice £0.04*
Ingredients
400ml Warm Water
250g Plain Flour – £0.09
250g Wholemeal Bread Flour – £0.11
2 Tsp Sugar – £0.02
2 Tsp Salt – £0.02
7g Instant Yeast – £0.13
3 Tbsp Mixed Seeds – £0.20
Topped with poppy, sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
Breadmaker / Oven
1) Add ingredients as above order into breadmaker pan. Remember to keep the yeast separate from the sugar and salt in a small indent on top of the flour. Switch to dough setting and begin cycle.
2) Once the machine has finished the cycle, remove the dough from the pan and put into pre greased loaf tin. Punch down and leave to rise for a further 45 minutes.
3) Place loaf tin in 180 Celsius preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from tin and leave to cool on wire rack.
By Hand / Mixer / Oven
1) Add the flour and butter into a large bowl. Rub butter into flour until the butter has been mixed into the flour and resembles crumbs.
2) Add the sugar, salt and yeast, water and mix. Remember to keep the yeast separate from the salt and sugar in a small indent on top of the flour.
3) Once the dough has started to form, turn onto a lightly floured surface and begin the kneading process.
4) Knead for 10 minutes. Alternatively if you have a stand mixer or hand mixer with a dough attachment, knead for 5.
5) Grease a mixing bowl with some olive oil and place the dough mixture in the bowl. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave it to rise until it has doubled in size.
6) Punch the dough down. Remove and place into a pre greased loaf tin. Cover again and leave for 45 minutes until the loaf has risen again.
7) Place loaf tin in 180 Celsius preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from tin and leave to cool on wire rack.
Overnight Rise
1) Add ingredients as above order into breadmaker pan. Remember to keep the yeast separate from the sugar and salt in a small indent on top of the flour. Switch to dough setting and begin cycle.
2) Once machine has beeped, place dough into pre greased pan, cover with a tea towel and pop into the refrigerator over night.
3) Remove from refrigerator and start to preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
4) Once oven has reached temperature. Top the loaf with the seeds and bake for 30 minutes.
5) Remove from oven, remove from tin and cool on a wire rack.
*Prices are based on current shop prices as of May 2022. Prices based on cheapest available at Tesco or Asda. Produce may be found cheaper elsewhere but may not be available in all locations so large supermarket chains have been used for costing purposes. Prices may differ depending on location.
Quids In Cooking From Pot To Plate 