Crusty White Bread

Apologies for being a bit quiet again recently, been super busy and haven't had much time for the old bakin' and bloggin'. I do have lots of festive treats to come over the next few weeks and am soo excited to have some time off over Christmas and bake some of my favourite things for some of my favourite people!

Before starting my festive baking, last week, I managed to find some time to bake some more bread.

After the success of my first bread-making attempt, I thought I'd give it another go. This time I went for this delicious white bread that has the crispest crust and softest inside. It's delicious on its own and makes great toast too!

Ingredients:
3 cups strong white bread flour
1 3/4 tsp salt
1 sachet (7g) dry action yeast
1 1/2 cups water (room temperature)

To Make:

• In a large bowl mix flour, salt and yeast together. 
• Pour water into the bowl and mix until it's all incorporated.

• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in a warm place until its doubled in size. (should take about 1 hour)
• Preheat oven to 200°C. 
• Flour your work surface really well and make sure you flour your hands really well too.
• With your floured hands gently remove the dough from the bowl, knead and roughly shape it into a ball. 
• Take the ball of dough and place it on a baking tray. 
• Leave once more to double in size.

• Bake for about 40 minutes until golden brown. 
• Remove from the oven and let cool.