This is an easy mid-week loaf of bread based on Joshua Weissman’s video.

Ingredients

• 125g whole milk
• 175g water
• 440g of strong white bread flour
• 8g of yeast
• 8g of salt
• 21g of sugar
• 30g of softened butter

Method

1. Mix 125g of milk and 175g of water in a saucepan and heat to ~36C.
2. Mix 440g of bread flour, 8g of yeast, 8g of salt and 21g of sugar in a mixer bowl.
3. Mix the warm milk/water mixture with the dry ingredients in a mixer for ~10mins. At the 2min mark add the 30g of softened butter.
4. Take the dough out of the mixing bowl, shape into a ball (as best as you can) and return to the mixing bowl.
5. Cover the mixing bowl with a damp cloth and let the dough rise until doubled in size - normally takes about an hour at room temperature.
6. Once doubled in size, punch it down to release some of the built up gas.
7. Tip out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangle about 20cm by 30cm. Roll this rectangle up into a cylinder.
8. Place the cylinder into a lightly oiled loaf tin, cover with a damp cloth and leave to rise for a second time - this time about 45mins.
9. Bake in 180 degree oven for 35 to 40 mins.

Leave to stand before eating - or don’t (it normally smells too good to not eat straight out of the oven).