Recipe: Delicious Classic White Bread Loaf

Classic White Bread Loaf.

You can prepare Classic White Bread Loaf using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Classic White Bread Loaf

1. Prepare 500 g of Allinson Strong White Bread Flour.
2. You need 1 sachet (7 g) of Allinson Easy Bake Yeast.
3. Prepare 300 of ml/ 1 1/2 pint hand - warm water.
4. It's 1 1/2 tsp. of salt.
5. It's 1 1/2 tsp. of caster sugar.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp. of soft butter.

Classic White Bread Loaf instructions

1. Mix the flour,yeast,sugar and salt in a big bowl.Using your fingertips rub in the butter until only fine 'crumbs' are left.Mix in the water with a cutlery knife..
2. Tip onto a lightly flour dusted surface and knead for 10 minutes (or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer)..
3. Lightly grease the mixing bowl with some oil.Put the dough back in,cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave to rise until doubled in size - about 1 hour depending on how warm your kitchen is..
4. Knock back the dough by gently kneading just 5 times to get the air out.Mould into a smooth oval and lift into a lightly oiled 900g/2 lb loaf tin..
5. Cover the dough again with a clean tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size again. Preheat your oven to 200oC/180oC fan/ gas mark 6..
6. Lift the tin onto the middle oven shelf and bake for 30 - 35 minutes,until you can lift the bread loaf from the tin and when you tap the base it sounds hollow.Cool on a wire rack..