SMALL LOAF OF BREAD RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 300 degrees F.
• Place your egg whites in a stand mixer with the cream of tartar and whip until stiff peaks. This should take about 10-15 minutes. Set aside.
• Place the egg yolks in a bowl with the remaining ingredients and whisk and stir well to combine.
• Fold in a small amount of egg whites into the yolk mixture a little at a time until it's all incorporated.
• Pour this into a greased loaf pan.
• Bake on the middle shelf of oven for 50 minutes or until a toothpick or skewer stick in the center comes out clean. (See notes above if you are making rolls, cooking time changes.) Shut the oven off but do not open the door and allow it to stay 10 more minutes in the oven.
• Allow to cool completely. To help prevent some deflating in the center you could lay the pan on its side for 30 minutes then lay on the other side for 30 minutes.
• Best if toasted. See storage instructions above.

Steps:

• 1. Pour 650ml of tepid water into a large bowl. Add the yeast and mix with a fork for a couple of minutes.
  2. Pour in most of the flour and half a teaspoon of sea salt, then use a fork to mix together until you can’t move it anymore.
  3. Now get your clean hands in there and bring it together as a ball of dough, adding more flour as you need to stop your hands and the dough sticking.
  4. Transfer the dough to a flour-dusted surface and keep it moving, kneading, pushing and stretching it for 5 minutes, or until you have a silky and elastic dough.
  5. Use your floured hands to shape the dough into a rough ball, put it in a bowl, flour the top and cover with a clean, damp tea towel. Allow it to prove for about an hour or an hour and 30 minutes, or until doubled in size – ideally in a warm, draught-free place.
  6. Once the dough has doubled in size, knock the air out by punching it with your fist, then kneading for 30 seconds.
  7. You can now shape it or flavour it as required – folded, filled, traybaked, whatever – and leave it to prove for a second time, for 30 minutes to an hour, or until it has doubled in size once more.
  8. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
  9. Carefully transfer your bread dough to the oven and gently close the door. Bake for about 35 minutes, or until golden. You can tell if it’s cooked by tapping its bottom – if it sounds hollow it’s done; if it doesn’t then pop it back in for a little longer.
  10. Once cooked, place your loaf on a cooling rack and allow to cool.