Quick french bread
makes 1 loaf
Ingredients
140g warm water
1 tablespoon honey or syrup (sometimes I use date syrup)
1½ teaspoons salt
7g Active Dry Yeast (one sachet)
400g plain flour
50g sunflower seeds (trader joes raw seeds are my favourite) - you can use any flavouring or seeds how ever you like your bread to taste.
Method
Mix the water, syrup, salt and yeast in a bowl. Let it rest for 5-10 mins. until there's some bubbling, foam stuff on the top. (sometimes I don't see bubbles but there is a light coat/foam on the top of the mixture)
Add in the flour slowly making sure that it is combining to the water well. (I use a spatula at this point as fingers get very sticky)
Knead until the dough doesn’t stick to your fingers just to itself and then make a loaf shape. Add in the extra ingredients i.e. sunflower seeds and knead them into the mixture.
Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave it to rise for approx. 20 minutes.
Pre heat your oven to 200ºc, 400ºf, gas mark 6.
When the dough has risen, place on a baking tray, cut slits into the top and bake for approx.16-20
I cut slices and then bake them in the oven to make toast but they are lovely when eaten straight out of the oven. warm and soft in the middle!
This is one with rosemary!
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