Easy bread
This bread is a flaky, dense and rich loaf full of flavour. If you are looking for an elegant, refined loaf than this isn’t the one for you
SERVES
4
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
10
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
45
MINUTES
Ingredients
450g self-raising flour
2 tsp salt
40g butter
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp milk
350ml water
Method
Preheat the oven to 190°C. Butter a circular baking tin and line the bottom with parchment. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour and salt along with the butter which should be rubbed into the flour to create rough breadcrumbs.
Mix the sugar in and then slowly pour in the water, mixing with your hands until you get a fairly wet dough. Knead with your hands in the bowl for a couple of minutes until the dough starts to become soft and smooth, add a little bit more flour if it is too hopelessly wet to handle.
Lay it in a ball shape in your baking tin and cut a cross into the top with a sharp knife. Brush the top with egg yolk and sprinkle a little salt over and place in the oven for around 45 minutes. Let rest for a few minutes before cutting it and eating it with lashings of butter or maybe some soup.
