Make your own bread!!!

Baking bread is a really sensual, satisfying thing.

You throw together flour, yeast, salt and water, knead with all you`ve got, wait an hour, knead some more, put it in your oven and 45 minutes later you got this beauty....

Gorgeous, no?

This is how you do it:

625g flour

(I just used some left overs I had.., which was:

325g wholemeal spelt flour

some spelt flour

and some all purpose flour)

1 teaspoon salt

one package dry yeast (about 7g)

5 dl water

Now, put flour and salt in a big bowl and make a little crater in the middle.

Then take the yeast and put it in the crater, with some water. With a wooden spoon stir just a little bit, so that the yeast/water is covered with flour.

Wait 10 minutes, what you just did is called a "pre-dough".

Then you stir until it`s mixed together, take it out on a floured surface and knead until you got a smooth ball of dough..

When you`re happy with it, put it back in your bowl and let it raise for like an hour, until it`s doubled its size.

Now, take it out of the bowl and knead again. At least 5 minutes or until your hands hurt...

Preheat your oven to 220°C.

Form your bread into a nice loaf, put it on a parchment lined baking sheet and cut it in 3-4 times.

 At last, dust it with some left over flour...That gives it a nice, professional look.

 Bake for around 45 minutes,

let cool on a baking rack and try to stop yourself from eating it right away!

Now, be proud of yourself!!!

Experiment with bread baking, it`s so easy, cheap and awesome!

Love,

Sara Tatanka