PART NINE: how to make homemade bread
Freshly baked bread is one of life’s greatest simple pleasures, and one that’s actually much easier to make than you might think. Without the help of any special appliances, you can achieve delicious results, even on your very first try. With a little time and effort, you can transform a bowl of loose powders and liquids into a mouth-watering loaf of fluffy fresh bread.
The most basic bread is made with flour, water, salt and yeast. Strong flour gives structure and texture to the loaf, water binds and develops the gluten in the flour, salt flavours the dough and controls the action of the yeast, and yeast leavens the bread.