Adventures with bread dough

Diflower

Put it on freecycle JackieO, someone would be thrilled to bits with it:)
Mine came from a charity stall so they did well out of it too.

Anyway, the 'baguette' I made from the rest of the dough for a pizza is amazing, just like ciabatta:T complete with the irregular holes and everything. We had a piece each for a bacon buttie this morning, my goodness I'm glad there isn't too much of it! I've made a lot of different breads but this is truly wonderful, I just hope I can replicate it:)

Butterfly_Brain

Bread and Wine I watched the sizzlers video and the chelsea bun one as well well worth the watch thank you.
could you pm me the link to your blog

marc.faulkner

Afternoon,

Hope you're all enjoying your Good Friday off work?

I'm working my way through a job lot of catering bread mix which I got cheap a while ago, but to be honest it's getting a bit boring now.

I'm making the loaves in my BM, and just looking for suggestions as to how I can jazz them up a bit really? Anything that I can throw in to give them that extra "something" and prevent it being just another boring loaf...

I have both while and wholemeal mixes, so open to suggestions of additions to either of them

Thanks,

Marc

dreamyd

I just chuck a mix of seeds (sesame, pumkin and poppy usually) into a big bowl, add the bread mix and stir until they're well dispersed before adding it to the machine. Have a look at your BM manual - there will probably be a point where you can add stuff to go on top of your loaf ( I haven't been that brave yet!)
hth

mummysaver

Seeds are good! As are oats, which make a softer loaf, just add a bit more water. Garlic and herbs and dried onions all work well, and the dough can also then be used as a really tasty pizza base. You could also try adding some extra sugar and an egg, and making a sweet iced buns.

marc.faulkner

Thanks for the suggestions folks.

Apologies, there weren't any replies on here when I started my loaf this morning, so I did my own thing - 100g or so of extra strong cheddar cheese and a good handful (about 1/3 pot) of mixed herbs. I also substituted 1/3 of the water for milk. The end result is a delicious, soft herb 'n' cheese bread which was beautiful with some thin fried steak on it for lunch. :T

I'll give your idea's a go with the next batch though

meritaten

try adding some chopped sundried Tomatoes (adding some of the oil to the liquid) and some parmesan cheese or chopped basil leaves. cant really advise on quantities as I usually go 'by eye'. but i tend to use about half a jar of tomatoes and about a half a cup of parmesan or a full cup of cheddar for a 2lb loaf. you may think this is stingy.......feel free to use more!

saving-grace

For a fruit bread, add 1 tablespoon sugar and 4oz mixed dried fruit or 4oz chopped dried apricots. Both popular in our house.

seabright

Have a dig around your store cupboard, nearly all herbs and spices are good (though not all at the same time!) I've used seeds too - yum!

zippychick

this thread has loads of ideas to jazz up basic bread/dough!

Ill merge this later for you

ZIP