Look what I made........

[Squash64]

Pizza

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and bread

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[Squash64]

[macmac]

I've tried and tried and I still can't make bread like that :-\
Well done bet it's crumbs by now :)

[Jayb]

Mmmm they look sooooo good, can I come for tea?

[Squash64]

It's only just come out of the oven (the house smells lovely :) ) so I am forcing myself to let it cool down a little.

It's very easy to make bread once you know how.

[Squash64]

Mmmm they look sooooo good, can I come for tea?

Of course you can, I'll set an extra place  ;)

[Jayb]

Quickly grabs coat and scarf before running out the door  ;D

[Squash64]

Quickly grabs coat and scarf before running out the door  ;D

You'd better be quick. Don't know how long I can resist it for and my husband, son and his fiance are due home soon.

[Mortality]

Where did you get the bread to prove in this cold weather?

Airing cupboard? I wish I had one .. :'(

It all looks lovely btw :D

[Squash64]

Where did you get the bread to prove in this cold weather?

Airing cupboard? I wish I had one .. :'(

I put it on a chair next to a radiator in the kitchen, covered with clingfilm and a tea towel.  It usually takes about an hour, but I completely forgot about it today and left it for at least 3 hours!  It didn't seem to make any difference to the finished result though.

[Le-y]

MMM that all looks lovely! 

I normally prove mine overnight then you dont need warmth at all

[Mortality]

Ohh whats the recipie for the pizza bases, I dont have one, it might be fun to try with the kids  :D

[Mortality]

MMM that all looks lovely! 

I normally prove mine overnight then you dont need warmth at all

Good idea, then my kids cant poke it, eat it raw or knock it over... ::)

[saddad]

There was I looking forward to a seasonal scarecrow...  :'(
OH has put aside a couple of Old Duvets for your master class Betty...  ;)

[Squash64]

Ohh whats the recipie for the pizza bases, I dont have one, it might be fun to try with the kids  :D

I just make one quantity of dough, then use half for bread and half for pizza.

[Squash64]

There was I looking forward to a seasonal scarecrow...  :'(
OH has put aside a couple of Old Duvets for your master class Betty...  ;)

You won't believe this, but I was only thinking today that it was about time I made a few more scarecrows..... 

[PurpleHeather]

That sure looks good to me. You look like there are a few more to cater for than I have at our house.

If any one is finding bread hard to make at home HOVIS do a white bread mix which is excellent. It is in a small red bag and ASDA usually have it for 2 packs for £1.00. When they do I stock up.

I get two small loaves or one large, or 4 pizza bases,  out of a pack and to be honest I can not get bread to rise like that mix does. Just add  three quarters of a pint of water and a thingy of butter to the pack.

We do not eat much bread as, sadly, I do not tolerate gluten very well. (severe indigestion among other things) I am not celiac but I know it is wheat because I only get the problems when I eat it.

I usually stick a towel on the double  radiator in the dining room and leave the covered dough to rise on that but if I use the Hovis mix the dough rises on my work top and I don't have heating in my kitchen, it only needs to rise once too. I think it is brilliant. Home made soup and fresh bread is a feast and home made bread toasted is a different taste altogether to that shop bought sliced stuff.

A friend of mine who has a tolerance/allergy problem with certain additives uses Hovis white bread flour and swears by it. It is more expensive than ordinary strong flour I think it is about £2 a bag, may be it is worth trying.  

I do not use a bread machine but do make use of my food processor for mixing, it has a dough hook as one of the alternative attachments. Another gadget which gets used almost every day for something or other.

[Squash64]

If anyone is interested, I put a short video on YouTube a couple of years ago about how I make bread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpCSAnkPkbI

I used a granary-type flour in the video, today I used strong white bread flour.

[cornykev]

Is it too late to pop round for a bite Betty.
I thought you was going to show us a snowman with a few scarecrow touches.
;D ;D ;D

[GRACELAND]

Bet the bread smells lovely  :)

[shirlton]

I think I live near enough to come to tea Betty ;D