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My First Loaf

2 April 2010 by Dominic Franks


Friday 2nd April 2010 and it’s Good Friday.


A perfect long weekend to bake.

So as an intro to my kitchen I decided to bake a plaited loaf, something i’ve never done before… sure i’ve got a breadmaker and it makes amazing bread, but to truly christen the blog and the start of this new venture I thought i’d go for something i’ve never done!

I bought the flour from our local windmill, it’s organic and ground on site, not 4 miles from my kitchen!

Here’s the recipe and photo’s of the result:

Preparation: 35 minutes, plus rising Cooking: 35-40 minutes


Makes 1 loaf

15g butter

290ml milk

15g fresh yeast

1 teaspoon caster sugar

450g strong white flour

1 medium egg, beaten milk to glaze


1 Melt the butter in the milk in a small pan. Cool until tepid. Cream the yeast and sugar together in a small bowl.

2 Sift the flour into a large bowl with 1 teaspoon salt and make a well in the centre. Mix together the butter, milk, egg and yeast and pour into the well. Quickly mix together to form a soft but not too sticky dough.

3 Turn on to a lightly floured worktop and knead for 10-15 minutes until smooth and elastic. Put into a clean, very lightly oiled bowl and cover with a tea towel. Leave in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled in size.

4 Heat the oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan oven) gas mark 6. Divide the dough into three pieces. Knead, then roll each piece into a sausage shape about 10cm long.

5 Put two pieces parallel to each other and the third across, threading it under the left hand piece and over the right-hand. Starting from the middle, plait one end, then turn over and plait the other end. Tuck in the ends and put on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cover and leave to rise for 15 minutes.

6 Brush with milk and bake for 25 minutes until the loaf is golden and sounds hollow when tapped on the base. Cool on a wire rack.


If you can’t get hold of fresh yeast, use 2 teaspoons fast-action dried yeast and stir into the flour before adding liquid.



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My name is Dominic, I am a cook, food writer and creative event producer. I write the food blog Dom In The Kitchen and also write a monthly recipe column for Lincolnshire Life Magazine and Good Taste Magazine. I also run creative event production company The Persuaders, producing global events for brands since 1997. I am based both in the small village of Belleau in Lincolnshire and the smaller village of London! Read More…

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