Easy Whole grain bread

Yesterday afternoon me and my boyfriend Jamie baked some whole grain bread from scratch! It was the first time I had ever baked any from scratch without using the bread maker and it turned out to be so easy and the end product was delicious! 

Ingredients

500g whole grain bread flour

7g sachet fast-action dried yeast

1tsp salt

300ml warm water

2tbsp olive oil

1tbsp clear honey

Method

1. Mix flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl. Mix the water, oil and honey in another bowl. (we didn't have honey so used a tbsp of brown sugar) Make a well in the flour and pour in the water mixture and stir well to make a soft dough.

2. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until the dough is no longer sticky and has a springy texture.

3. Oil a loaf tin and place the dough into the tin. Cover in cling film and leave to rise somewhere warm for one hour until the dough has risen to the top of the tin.

4. Heat oven to 200C and slash the top of the loaf with a sharp knife. Bake for 30-35 minutes until the loaf is risen and golden brown. Tip onto a cooling rack. To test if the bread is cooked it should sound hollow when the base is tapped.

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