HM Bread in the oven recipe??

whistler-alison

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.

Hi - try putting some cold left over mashed potato in your dough. This is something I discovered over the weekend. I had some leftover potato so tried a recipe i had for potato bread and the crust was lovely and soft on my loaf and made gret toast. So I then went on and made some rolls for my OH's lunch box using another recipe (not a potato bread recipe) and just bunged in some more mashed potato and they came out as lovely soft baps. I used about 125g of mash for 500g of flour. You may have to adjust your water slightly as the potato will have water in it. But don't forget that a softer, wetter dough will make lighter bread even if it seems unmanageable at first. BTW - I use a kenwood chef.

seraphina

If you want to make softer bread, either used mashed potato (or the water the spuds were cooked in) or use milk to make up the liquid component. Me I prefer it crusty - but either way HM bread makes far and away the best toast!

I bake on Sundays to make sandwich bread for MrS - half a loaf goes in the freezer, the rest in the breadbin.

Edited to add: I also use the Delia plain white bread recipe - can't go wrong.

moanymoany

I make wholemeal bread, but I've used this recipe for white bread which turned out well

The basic recipe is:

1 lb flour
1 teaspoon instant yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon oil
11 fl oz of warm water.

I use my Kenwood and knead the mix for 5 minutes with the dough hook.

It comes out of the oven crusty, but less so after being frozen.

keelyjrs

Morning all
Just wondered if anyone could give some advice on making my homemade bread for the first time.

My hubby has bought fast action dried yeast!! Does anyone have an easy recipe I can use this with.. I'm doing it by hand, not breadmaker

I'm all revved up and ready to bake

squeaky

Step by step instructions plus recipes and more can be found here...

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

And there are plenty of threads to help beginners here...

The Complete Breadmaking Collection

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Hi keelyjrs,

There's a recent thread that should help so I've added your post to it to keep all the tips and recipes together.

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keelyjrs

Made my bread yesterday and its yummy!!! No more shop bought for me!!