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    Hi all. I was wondering if anyone can share a simple recipe for buns or bread. I am not the best baker that's for sure... but I can follow instructions and I am willing to try

    Cheers!

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    Hi all. I was wondering if anyone can share a simple recipe for buns or bread. I am not the best baker that's for sure... but I can follow instructions and I am willing to try

    Cheers!
    I am not sure you use the same measurements as me (uk), but for me 1/2 pint lukewarm water, 1 pound bread flour, a teaspoon of yeast, a teaspoon of salt (hah, I wrote water here originally!) and a glug (about 2 tablespoons?) olive oil all mixed together to form a dough, left for 90 minutes in a warmish place to rise, then kneaded again and divided into 8 bread rolls, left to rise for another 90 minutes or so and then baked in a pre-heated oven at around 180 for 12-15 minutes works...
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    Don't you use any salt, twinkle? Mine sort of overinflates and then collapses if I don't use any I only use a relatively small amount though, about 2/3 teaspoon for 400g of flour. ETA have just realised your teaspoon of water is probably meant to be a teaspoon of salt otherwise it would get lost among the other water

    I use a bread maker so I'm not sure how well my recipe would work by hand but I have seen this one in a few places; it seems pretty similar to twinkle's:

    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2...sy-white-bread
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    I can highly recommend twinkle's baps
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    Oh whoops! Yes, a teaspoon of salt too.

    Thank you for your endorsement Mr Flibble
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    Rofl!

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    Thank you so much .. I will try this recipe on the weekend! Wish me luck

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    Let us know how it goes, Vegark! I think people often have to try a couple of times before getting a loaf recipe that suits them, but at least bread almost always turns out edible, even if flat etc.

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    I fail at baking. When I want bread I make drop biscuits off the bisquick box.


    D'you think with your recipe you could add some rosemary to it? Sounds lovely to me.
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    Quote Mr Flibble View Post
    I can highly recommend twinkle's baps
    Yep, I second that!

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    I also think Twinkle's recipe is excellent! Baking is not as hard as it is made out to be. Sure it takes skill, but practice makes perfect! A recipe I make, for a USA/Canada friendly conversion (yield - 2 loaves)
    6 cups flour
    2.5 cups warm water
    2 tsp yeast
    2 tsp sugar
    1 tsp salt

    Follow same instructions as twinkle. Instant yeast makes it a lot quicker although I think one should know how to use traditional yeast first to know how bread rising looks/feels.

    It should be stated, twinkle's method of WEIGHING baking ingredients is definitely the superior method. Volume can be unreliable sometimes, however I find here in North America we tend to do this less - I could be TOTALLY wrong tho.

    Just as an FYI - never worry about making elaborate bread recipes. The most traditional form of bread (aka French bread, like baguettes) only has the 4 basic ingredients: flour, water, yeast, salt. Yup, technically not even sugar.

    I learned in Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's book "Joy of Vegan Baking" that French law decrees real, French bread cannot have other ingredients, not even oil.

    You can do it! Good luck!
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