I usually use a mix of two thirds strong wholemeal and one third strong white flour ... using wholemeal sometimes needs a little more water. I also knead for 10 mins rather than the 5 they suggest. That's what my Grandma told me to do and I always do it.
Don't go by the clock with the rising ... leave it as long as it takes to double in size and get to the stage when pressing with your finger the dent doesn't spring back. If you have a warm airing cupboard or similar it will be quicker ... if my heating is on I put it on the table near a radiator ... if your house is cool it'll take longer. As I said, the other day it took a couple of hours.
Hope it works for you ... can't see why it won't.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I should have said the JO recipe was incredibly simple too. No idea what it was, or where it is, but Dove's will be equally great and easy to carry out, flumpy Thought I'd get some lunch - been out planting, and splitting plants, and suchlike. The rain never came to anything and there's a guid breeze, but it's quite pleasant. Not as many layers needed as yesterday.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Son, DIL and 3 little GDs have just gone, they are going to my daughter's for a couple of days then back here on Friday night. The 2 little GDs went in the swimming pool yesterday, bonkers, it's freezing, 16°. Small children don't seem to feel the cold like people over 27. The other one is only 1 yr old. We went for a wander around Périgueux yesterday and had pancakes in a creperie. It's been dry and sunny but getting chilly in the mornings. 2° this morning.
I often make bread in my breadmaker, takes a bit over 3 hours, nearest boulangerie is about 4kms away and the bread isn't very good. If I make it by hand I knead it for at least 10 mins and leave it to rise up to 2 hours then bash it again, put it in loaf tin and leave to rise until doubled in size.
OH will be home soon. He was worried about missing the plane. Trains from Thetford and Ely were both late.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hello all. Busy morning as usual, and I try not to open the Chromebook too early in the day or I get distracted, and don't get things done.
Nice fox, Fairy. Shame if it's pinching the hogs' food though.
My bread rises best in the oven at the lowest "proving" temperature, unless the weather's particularly warm.
Trains late, Busy? That sounds par for the course...
I'm dithering over trains myself at the moment. Mum is in hospital in Hexham, with a suspected blood clot and a bladder infection, and I'm wondering whether to move my visit (booked for next Wednesday) to go and see her sooner. She's not in any immediate danger, and my sister and family who live close are visiting her, but...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
OH is home and I got it a bit wrong, he missed the Ely train as the Thetford one was late so he had to catch the train an hour later which was very stressful, but he made it for the plane.
Liri, I think, to put your mind at rest, that I would visit her sooner, even if it isn't urgent. Is she far away? It's always a worry when Mums get old. I took the next ferry from France when mine broke her hip and didn't regret it even though she finally went 2 years later.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hope your mum feels better soon Liri ... whichever way you decide.
BL, glad your OH is home safe and sound ... trains eh? Apparently there were some delays today because of 'slippery tracks' ... is that a new way of saying 'leaves on the line' do you think?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I usually use a mix of two thirds strong wholemeal and one third strong white flour ... using wholemeal sometimes needs a little more water. I also knead for 10 mins rather than the 5 they suggest. That's what my Grandma told me to do and I always do it.
Don't go by the clock with the rising ... leave it as long as it takes to double in size and get to the stage when pressing with your finger the dent doesn't spring back. If you have a warm airing cupboard or similar it will be quicker ... if my heating is on I put it on the table near a radiator ... if your house is cool it'll take longer. As I said, the other day it took a couple of hours.
Hope it works for you ... can't see why it won't.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thought I'd get some lunch - been out planting, and splitting plants, and suchlike. The rain never came to anything and there's a guid breeze, but it's quite pleasant. Not as many layers needed as yesterday.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hello all.
Son, DIL and 3 little GDs have just gone, they are going to my daughter's for a couple of days then back here on Friday night. The 2 little GDs went in the swimming pool yesterday, bonkers, it's freezing, 16°. Small children don't seem to feel the cold like people over 27. The other one is only 1 yr old. We went for a wander around Périgueux yesterday and had pancakes in a creperie. It's been dry and sunny but getting chilly in the mornings. 2° this morning.
I often make bread in my breadmaker, takes a bit over 3 hours, nearest boulangerie is about 4kms away and the bread isn't very good. If I make it by hand I knead it for at least 10 mins and leave it to rise up to 2 hours then bash it again, put it in loaf tin and leave to rise until doubled in size.
OH will be home soon. He was worried about missing the plane. Trains from Thetford and Ely were both late.
Nice fox, Fairy. Shame if it's pinching the hogs' food though.
My bread rises best in the oven at the lowest "proving" temperature, unless the weather's particularly warm.
Trains late, Busy? That sounds par for the course...
I'm dithering over trains myself at the moment. Mum is in hospital in Hexham, with a suspected blood clot and a bladder infection, and I'm wondering whether to move my visit (booked for next Wednesday) to go and see her sooner. She's not in any immediate danger, and my sister and family who live close are visiting her, but...
OH is home and I got it a bit wrong, he missed the Ely train as the Thetford one was late so he had to catch the train an hour later which was very stressful, but he made it for the plane.
Liri, I think, to put your mind at rest, that I would visit her sooner, even if it isn't urgent. Is she far away? It's always a worry when Mums get old. I took the next ferry from France when mine broke her hip and didn't regret it even though she finally went 2 years later.
BL, glad your OH is home safe and sound ... trains eh? Apparently there were some delays today because of 'slippery tracks' ... is that a new way of saying 'leaves on the line' do you think?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.