Basic Bread Dough Recipe

There are lots of slightly different recipes for bread, but I use this on the most as I find it easiest.

500g unbleached white bread flour
115g plain flour
2tsp salt
15g fresh yeast
525ml lukewarm water

Step 1
Add yeast to the water and stir to disolve, add a pinch of sugar and cover with cling film then leave for five minutes. Sift half the flours into a large bowl and add the disolved yeast. Beat well to form a batter, then cover with cling film and leave at room temperature for about three hours or until nearly trebled in size or starting to collapse.

Step 2
Add the remaining a flour a little at a time, beating with your hand. turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8-10 minutes to form a moist dough. Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with lightly oiles clear film and leave to rise in a warm place for about an hour until almost doubled in size.


Since this is just for the dough this is as far as I will go for this recipe, but this is the dough I tend to use when I refer to bread dough. This recipe is very versatile and i have used it for loaves of bread, buns, and rolls when cooking on the same day. It's also very good for keeping for a day or two and making other breads like naan, ciabatta, and pain polka.

When mixing the warm water and the yeast adding a pinch of sugar can help the yeast grow, making the bread rise more.