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Classic Brown Bread

Classic Brown Bread

Build the best sandwiches with your own homemade brown bread
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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 3 hours
Course Baking
Cuisine International
Servings 10 Slices
Calories 210 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Place 250g of White Bread Flour, 250g of wholemeal Flour, 10 grams of dry yeast, 32 grams of Light Brown sugar, 6 grams of Salt, and 32 Grams of Olive Oil in a large mixing bowl, roughly mixing everything together
  • Add exactly 325g of lukewarm Water (stick your finger in it, it should feel neither warm or cold) and crudely mix together with a rubber spatula or similar utensil
  • Then, give your hands a wash and start working the ingredients together, eventually bringing the mix into a rough ball
  • Next, turn the dough ball out onto a worktop and knead enthusiastically for around 10 minutes. If the dough is too wet, add a little flour, but remember that the it should remain sticky to the touch
  • Return the Dough to the mixing bowl and coat with a very thin layer of Olive Oil. Rub your oily hand around the rim of the bowl, then cover it with plastic wrap
  • Leave the dough somewhere warm to rise until it has doubled in size. The duration will depend on humidity, elevation, and ambient temperature. This can take anything from 30 minutes to 2 hours!
  • Once risen, turn the dough out onto the worktop and knead again for 3-4 minutes. You will notice the texture of the dough has changed; it will be more elastic than the first round of kneading
  • Form the dough into a small version of the bread shape you require, pinching it tight from the underside, and place it on a lightly floured baking tray (alternatively, place in a lightly floured bread tin) covering loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise once again until it has almost doubled in size
  • During the second rise, pre-heat the oven to 190°C (375°F, Fan 170°C, Gas Mark 5)
  • Once risen, perform a few decorative cuts in the top of the dough with an extremely sharp knife, or scissors. This will give hot air a place to escape instead of blowing a hole in the side of your bread. Dust with flour
  • Place the bread in the centre of the oven
  • After 50 minutes, check on the loaf. Protecting your hands, turn the loaf upside down and tap the underside, if the bread is ready, it will sound hollow (the noise it makes when you tap on a closed plastic box). If not ready, bake for another 10 minutes and repeat
  • Leave to cool on a wire rack
  • Take a moment to admire your beautiful Brown Bread creation

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcal
Keyword Bread, Vegetarian
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