Fast and Easy Bread

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    3

    small loaves of bread
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in
Eat Bike Cook: Food Stories & Recipes from Female Cyclists

By Kitty Pemberton-Platt

Published 2021

  • About

The beauty of this bread is that there is no special equipment or kneading required. Mix it quickly in a bowl and leave it to prove overnight (or for a couple of hours while you go for a cycle), then simply bake it and eat it warm.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp honey
  • 7 g (1 sachet) fast action dried yeast

Method

Mix 60 ml warm water with the honey and the sachet of yeast and leave to rest for 5 minutes. When you see a creamy Guinness-like ‘head’ starting to form and definite bubbling activity, it is ready to use.

Put the flour in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Into that add the activat