Italian granary- home baking

Hi Lovers,

Isn't the smell of fresh home made bread wafting through your house, everything? I love the smell and taste of butter on a piping hot slice mhhmmmhh.

Fresh Granary 

I baked some fresh bread this morning ...because I am a grown up and I do that now lol.

I haven't baked anything for ages but I woke up this morning super early and really wanted some fresh home made bread. So that's what I did. I whipped up a super easy granary loaf.

I am usually a bit iffy when it comes to measuring as I hate following recipes to the letter. I am a free hand cook and I love to improvise and go with what feels right but I really enjoyed the process.

I enjoyed it so much, I am on my 3rd slice and spraying toasted crumbs on my laptop in my haste to share the recipe with you.

So here it is......

Ingredients 

Serves: 8 

400ml warm water

750g granary bread flour

1½ teaspoons salt

1 tablespoon active baking yeast (dried)

1 tablespoon olive oil

4 tablespoons of poppy seeds

Method

Prep:3 hours

1. Mix  the flour, dried yeast, poppy seeds and salt into a large bowl.
2. Once all dried ingredients are mixed make a well in the middle pour water and olive oil in. 
3.  Stir gently to form a dough. it should be well mixed and soft.
4. Lightly flour a clean cool surface and knead for 8-11 minutes until the dough is further softened and elastic.
5. place a teaspoon of olive oil into a dry clear large bowl, place the dough in and place a cover with a clean tea towel.
6. After approx an hour it will have doubled, shape into a loaf and insert into a greased loaf tin.
7. leave for another 30 minutes to rise.

Finished product - fresh granary 

Baking time: 45 minutes

1. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.
2.  Bake at 180 degrees for 45-50 minutes until the bread is delicious looking and golden brown. 
3. Slide a knife in and it should come out clean. If done when tapped it will have a hollow sound at the base.
4. remove the loaf and let it rest for a few minutes before removing from the tin.

And there you have it. Fresh Italian granary bread!

Enjoy and don't forget to tweet me pictures if you use the recipe I would love to see!

Smooches

Stephanie aka Wednesdays Girl

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