Simple Bread Recipe: Baking a Basic Bread Loaf

Across the world, beating lockdown boredom, following social media trends, brushing up an old skill set or mere learning of new things, baking tops the list. With ingredients that are sure to find in your pantry, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t give this a shot.

Baking is an art, and you may not get things just right in one go. But that’s all the more reason to practice it and perfect it. Once you master this simple bread recipe, you won’t be able to stop and then, you can try many different variations like multi-grain, whole wheat, rye, sourdough – the options are endless.

Simple Bread Recipe for Beginners

Please view a video at the end of the article.

Ingredients for White Bread Loaf

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 1 ½ tsp instant dry yeast
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• ¼ cup oil

Preparing the Bread

Once you have all the ingredients ready, let’s begin our simple bread recipe.

Preparing the Dough

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar and instant dry yeast. To this mixture pour in oil and warm water.
2. Stir in the mixture first with a spatula and then move onto kneading with your hands. The dough is a bit sticky at this stage.

Kneading the Dough

Proofing the Dough

Bake the Bread

1. Meanwhile preheat your oven at 200C.
2. Bake your bread for 30 mins, until you get a nice golden crust and when tapped it must sound hollow. It is ready to cram down some soft home baked artisan bread.

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So I hope you found our simple bread recipe helpful. If you tried it, let us know how it turned out in the comments below, and write your own tips & tricks. And do tag us in your bread pics on Instagram @shilpaahujadotcom 🔗!

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