Easy Wholemeal Loaf

Name: Easy Wholemeal Loaf
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g strong wholemeal flour; 7 g dry active yeast; 1.5 tsp salt; 50 g melted butter/margarine; 1 tbsp light brown sugar; 300 ml lukewarm water

Keefus Kooks @cook_15478092

A very easy to make recipe for a good old wholemeal loaf.

Keefus Kooks @cook_15478092

A very easy to make recipe for a good old wholemeal loaf.

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Ingredients

500 gstrong wholemeal flour
7 gdry active yeast
1.5 tspsalt
50 gmelted butter/margarine
1 tbsplight brown sugar
300 mllukewarm water

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 200°c, gas mark 6. Set shelf to middle.
2

Add salt and yeast to the dry the flour.
3

Add sugar and melted butter to the water and mix into flour and yeast with a knife.
4

Add dough to a food mixer with a dough attachment or knead for 10 mins.
5

Once kneaded add dough to a lightly greased bowl, cover with cling film and leave at room temperature for 2 hours to prove.
6

After 2 hours the dough should be about double the size. Take dough out and knead gently 3 or 4 times.
7

Add dough to a lightly greased loaf tin and brush with a little egg yolk. Add toppings as requires. Oats, seeds, herbs, salt and pepper etc.
8

Bake in the oven for 10 mins at 200°c then reduce to 180°c and bake for a further 30 mins.
9

Remove from the oven. Tapping the bottom of the loaf should sound hollow if done. Cool on a wire rack.