Farmhouse Loaf

Name: Farmhouse Loaf
Yield: Makes 1 Loaf
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp skimmed milk powder (non fat dry milk); 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp granulated sugar; 15 g/½ oz/1 tbsp butter; 4 ml/¾ tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup wholemeal (whole-wheat) bread flour; 350 g/12 oz/3 cups unbleached white bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup wholemeal bread flour; 30 ml/2 tbsp skimmed milk powder; 10 ml/2 tsp salt; 10 ml/2 tsp granulated sugar; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake dried yeast; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake dried yeast; 210 ml/7½ fl oz/scant 1 cup water; 375 ml/13½ fl oz/1½ cups + 1 tbsp water; 525 g/1 lb 3 oz/4¾ cups unbleached white bread flour, plus extra for dusting; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 22 ml/1½ tbsp skimmed milk powder; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup wholemeal bread flour; water, for glazing; 320 ml/11¼ fl oz/generous 1⅓ cups water; 425 g/15 oz/3¾ cups unbleached white bread flour, plus extra for dusting

Preparation info

Makes
1
Loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

The flour-dusted split top gives a charmingly rustic look to this tasty wholemeal-enriched white loaf.

Ingredients

Small

210 ml/7½ fl oz/scant 1 cup water
350

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Pour the water into the bread pan. If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients. Sprinkle over both the flours, covering the water completely. Add the milk powder. Add the salt, sugar and butter in separate corners. Make a small indent in the centre of th