Quick Wheatmeal Bread

Name: Quick Wheatmeal Bread
Ingredients: 8 oz. plain flour; 8 oz. wheatmeal flour; 2 teaspoons salt; ¼ oz. lard; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 teaspoons dried yeast; ½ pint warm water; salt and water solution for brushing (optional); salt and water solution for brushing (optional); cracked wheat (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farmhouse Kitchen

By Audrey Ellis

Published 1971

About

Ingredients

8 oz. plain flour
8 oz. wheatmeal flour
2 teaspoons</

Bread
Baking

Method

Mix flours, salt and 1 teaspoon of the sugar together. Rub in the lard. Dissolve remaining sugar in the water and sprinkle the dried yeast on top. Leave for about 10 minutes or until frothy. Add the yeast liquid to the flour and mix to a soft dough. Turn out on to a lightly floured working surface and knead well. Divide dough in half and shape each piece into a ball. If liked, brush the top of