My bread recipe

My Bread recipe

Do you know how to make bread? Continue to read and you can learn how. There are many ways to make bread but today I am going to show you how I was taught. The task was to cook a meal with your whanau. Make a presentation about it and bring some for Mr Cottrell.

First: Wash your hands thoroughly.

Next step your ingredients: 2 teaspoons of yeast (if you don’t have yeast add 2 teaspoons of baking powder), 4 cups of flour (add a bit more if wanted), a half  a cup of warmish water (add more if needed) and  1 teaspoon of salt.

Method:  1.Put the yeast in a container and add warm water to it do not add hot or cold water because it will kill the yeast. Next put the yeast up somewhere where the sun can reach it. After that leave it for 10 to 15 minutes and the yeast will start to rise. When you see that your yeast has rose halfway tip it into your bowl.

2. Tip 4 cups of flour into a bowl and mix the yeast and flour together.

3. Once the flour is stiff add 1 cup of water and start mixing the flour and water together then normally I tip a quarter of flour into the bowl and add the water that is left.

4. Mix until all lumps are not seen in your mixture.

5. Preheat your  oven to 375.

6. Once your mixture stiff enough and not gooey tip it out on a chopping board (and a tip put some flour on the chopping board before you tip your mixture).   

7. Now that your mixture is on the chopping board start kneading. If you don't know how to knead I’m hear to help. Firstly you put the palm of your hand on the bread and flip it over, then your other hand flips the other side over and that pattern will keep going continuously for 8 minutes.

8. Spray your cooking tray will cooking spray but if you don’t have cooking spray just use butter.

9. Now it is time to put the bread in your tray.

10. But your bread is not ready to go in the oven yet.  You have to put it somewhere warm like the fire where it can rise for 45 minutes.  

11. Now its time for your bread to go in the oven. Set your timer for 30 minutes and turn the oven

light on to so you can see it cook and rise even more.

12. Once that is done you have lovely bread to munch on.