Baking bread can be hard, especially if you over-knead it. Dough that is over-worked will come out of the oven with a tough crust and dry interior — not exactly the soft, fluffy pillow you were ...

THERE’S nothing better than the smell of freshly baked bread. But kneading dough by hand is tough and, done badly, can make ...

Her first loaf might have been a flop, but a local baker persevered and grew a business by making sourdough. Now she is expanding that business by offering sourdough classes to others. "When I made my ...

500g white bread flour 10g salt 400g water 14g fresh yeast or 7 grams of dried yeast (If using instant dried yeast only use ...

When the dough has more than doubled in size, knock back and knead again for 2–3 minutes. Leave to relax for ten minutes before you begin to shape the bread. Shape the bread into loaves or rolls ...

A kitchen mixer isn't essential to bread making, but if you have a recipe that requires you to knead dough, a mixer with a dough hook attachment makes the task much easier. I recently got this 6.5 ...