Our friend Hassanah visited the other day and, as I'd always enjoyed her homemade bread, I asked her how she made it.
'Oh, heavens,' she said. 'Well, I improvise really. It goes something like this.' And she wrote out her recipe (makes a couple of loaves):
1 pint warm water
1 tablespoon honey, malt or molasses
1 pkt dried yeast
Mix above with enough bread flour to make a thick cream consistency and leave to rise. It should double in size.
Add 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon salt
Seeds and/or nuts of choice
Keep adding flour and kneading until not sticky.
Put into greased tin/s and leave to rise again. Bake in moderately hot oven until golden brown.
You can use a mix of different flours and sprinkle poppy, sunflower or sesame on top.
BON COURAGE! Let us know how you get on.
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