HM Bread in the oven recipe??

sunshine6650

I want to have a go at making HM bread..for following reasons:

I try not to buy too much but having some when we need/want (make beans on toast bit filling with doorsteps etc
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Cut use down on eating rubbish! hense have to make before eating!!

I dont have a breadmaker & havent really enough room for another gadget just yet!

I know i can make it in a tin in oven with variuos recipes & there is some in the threads but does anyone have any tips for it to be bit tastier/cheaper/healthier?? Ive seen the posts on halfing some measures, add ing extra bit etc..

Any help would be much loved!! im a very trying moneysaver/house girlfrind in the making!!

Ness

P.S do bread tins come in just standard size or diff ones? see told you im starting!!

Penelope_Penguin

Give Delia a try - I'd recommend this recipe for a beginner.

Alternatively, there's this older thread - bread.....without a breadmaker.

Tins are of different sizes. You don't absolutely need one, though. You can shape your dough into a bloomer shape and bake it on a baking sheet.

Bread takes a long time, but you need to do very little. My top tip would be to set aside a day (or half a day) and allow about 3 hours for the first proving of the dough. IME this gives a really flexible dough and a good result.

HTH, Penny. x

purpleivy

mum used to make her own bread by hand before she had a BM. She had a routine, got the bread on, did such and such, back to knock it back, then do something else, then it was time to bake. The routine really helped her keep going with it week to week, as she fit it round the other tasks she had to do.

kethry

My bread is half and half white-wholemeal, which makes it healthier, and I use extra bran & seeds as well. it all adds up to a lovely loaf! recipe here if you want.

HTH

keth
xx

skinnygirlnot

I usually make loaves in the bread machine and rolls in the oven.
I have just tried making a loaf in the Kenwood Chef and baked it in the oven and the crust is very hard (that's why I started using a bread machine).
I put a tea towel over it when it came out of the oven like I do with my rolls but the crust is still hard.

Please can someone tell me what I can do?

Thanks
PS I followed the Kenwood Chef recipe.

squeaky

This site is full of recipes, information and tips for both oven baking and bread makers.

Well recommended

http://www.breadinfo.com/index.shtml

nick_b

skinnygirlnot wrote: »

I usually make loaves in the bread machine and rolls in the oven.
I have just tried making a loaf in the Kenwood Chef and baked it in the oven and the crust is very hard (that's why I started using a bread machine).
I put a tea towel over it when it came out of the oven like I do with my rolls but the crust is still hard.

Please can someone tell me what I can do?

Thanks
PS I followed the Kenwood Chef recipe.

What exactly do you mean by "hard"? If you're after soft, cotton wool-like softness of factory made bread, then you'll need to use a cocktail of chemicals. Proper hand made bread should have a good crust on it. However, you could try dusting the top with flour before it goes in the oven, which should give a softer crust.

HTH

bluestaff

hi all iv just had to post to let someone know that i made my first bread loaf in my new bm and its perfect!

charleybabes

hi all

im going to start trying to make my own bread, we dont have a BM so i thought id make it the oldfashioned way and stick it in the oven!!

dont have a clue how to make it though
anyone got any easy bread recipes that i could have a look at!!!

Pink.

Hi charleybabes,

There's a very recent thread on handmaking bread with lots of links that should help so I've added your post to it to keep all the replies together.

Pink

competitionscafe

You can substitute some of the flour for oatmeal or even just porridge oats - gives a nice slightly nutty taste and good for you too, about 20% oatmeal/oats 80% flour works well. I like to put in a bit of honey to help the yeast and sunflower seeds are nice added to the dough too.

There is a really nice and easy basic recipe here, (you don't even need a loaf tin) then once you have tried it you can experiment endlessly with the suggestions above or ones of your own:
Nigel Slater's "Really Good and Very Easy White Loaf."
http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2006/11/make_bread.html