White cob loaves

Name: White cob loaves
Ingredients: ½ oz(15 g) salt; 1 level teaspoon castor sugar; 1 pint (600 ml) tepid water; ½ oz (15 g) fresh yeast or 2 level teaspoons dried yeast; 1 oz (25 g) white cooking fat or lard salted water, for glazing (optional); 1 oz (25 g) white cooking fat or lard salted water, for glazing (optional); ½ oz (15 g) fresh yeast or 2 level teaspoons dried yeast; 2 lb (900 g) strong white flour

Preparation info

Makes
4
cob loaves

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Katie Stewart’s Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

2 lb (900 g) strong white flour
½ oz (15

Bread

Method

Sift 10 oz (275 g) of the flour into a mixing bowl. Dissolve the fresh yeast in the tepid water; if using dried yeast, have the water hand-hot and sprinkle in the yeast. Stir in the sugar. Pour into