Put all the ingredients into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Mix on slow until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.
If kneading by hand, mix all the ingredients together until they form a dough. Knead on a lightly floured surface until the dough becomes smooth and elastic. This may take 15 minutes and will be a real workout.
Divide the dough into 4 even pieces and mould into rounds. Cover with a clean tea towel and set aside for 15 minutes.
Grease two 25cm loaf tins.
Lightly remould each piece of dough into rounds, bringing them back to their original size and knocking back the gases formed in the process. Place 2 rounds of dough into each tin. Cover with the tea towel and leave in a warm place until doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
The bread took hours to rise and when finally in the oven after 30 minutes of baking most of it was cooked through but some parts definitely needed longer. the 2nd loaf I'm putting in at a lower temp for more time as I don't want to waste the ingredients used. The taste of the bread that cooked was nice but no, for that amount of effort I definitely don't recommend.
Liz Thompson
Great tasting and texture, patient with the rise it takes time compared to Edmonds Active yeast although far better result using Sure Bake yeast. No complaints!
Karen
I made this then realised my yeast had expired 18mths ago, so it was very slow rising but with patience the dough did prove to rise and I LOVE my bread. I just had a slice with cheese 2 days after baking it and am still delighted with the taste and texture. And I am not a big bread maker tho would love to have the time for more because I am a huge bread eater and love the exotics
syth hoyle
This bread just did not rise - disappointing
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The bread took hours to rise and when finally in the oven after 30 minutes of baking most of it was cooked through but some parts definitely needed longer. the 2nd loaf I'm putting in at a lower temp for more time as I don't want to waste the ingredients used. The taste of the bread that cooked was nice but no, for that amount of effort I definitely don't recommend.
Great tasting and texture, patient with the rise it takes time compared to Edmonds Active yeast although far better result using Sure Bake yeast. No complaints!
I made this then realised my yeast had expired 18mths ago, so it was very slow rising but with patience the dough did prove to rise and I LOVE my bread. I just had a slice with cheese 2 days after baking it and am still delighted with the taste and texture. And I am not a big bread maker tho would love to have the time for more because I am a huge bread eater and love the exotics
This bread just did not rise - disappointing