I was talking to my mother earlier this week, and she “commented,” ahem, that my recipes have been a bit complicated of late.  Apparently the peeled roast peppers in my last post pushed her over the edge.  So, in response to this observation, here is a recipe that’s about as simple as it gets.  Foolproof, you might even say.

Ingredients

450g flour

large pinch salt

8g bicarbonate soda

300ml milk

100ml yoghurt 

butter, to grease bread tin

Method

Step 1: grease bread tin with butter and pre-heat oven to 210c.

Step 2: mix together dry ingredients in one bowl; mix yoghurt and milk in another.

Step 3:  add yoghurt and milk mix to dry ingredients, bit by bit, until it is all combined into a sticky dough.

Step 4: spoon dough into greased bread tin and smooth the top, poking the dough down into the corners as you do.

Step 5: place in preheated oven at 210c for 35 minutes.

Step 6: remove from oven and bread tin and allow to cool on a metal rack.

That’s all folks! No proofing, no knocking back, no kneading.  Just mix it all together,whack it in the oven, and 35 minutes later you have one of the best things in the world – freshly baked bread.  Have it for breakfast, lunch, as an afternoon snack or even for dinner, as I did today, with smoked salmon pate.  You’re welcome.