Oaty bread!

Lovely white bread with some porridge oats and wheat germ. It's fully made in the breadmaker (no time for anything else!).

Oat and Wheat Germ Loaf

1 tsp yeast

400 g strong white flour

1 1/2 tsp sugar

2 tbsp olive oil

1 1/4 tsp salt

50 g wheat germ (or wheat bran)

50 g porridge oats

350 ml water

Add all the ingredients to the breadmaker in the correct order for your machine and start the basic (white) - bake program.

Once finished take the bread out and let it cool down on a wire rack.

Petit pains au lait

A pretty simple recipe for very soft milky bread...

Petit pains au lait

2 tsp fast action yeast
450 g strong white flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp caster sugar
55 g butter, diced
300 ml milk

Add all the ingredients to the breadmaker in the right order for your machine and start the white/dough programme.

Once it's finished, turn the dough into a floured surface and divide it in 12 portions.

Shape each portion into a long bread roll. The way I do this is by first making a ball with both my hands (with a circular motion) and then making the roll on the kitchen top like I was working with plastiline (forwards and backwards with the palm of my hand). Place in an oven tray with some space between them.

Leave to rise for 30 minutes, until doubled in size.

Make some cuts diagonally in each roll with a sharp knife and brush with milk.

Bake in the preheated oven, at 200C for 30 minutes until golden on top.

Turn to cool into a wire rack.

Seeded Moroccan loaf

It doesn't feel very Moroccan-ish to me, maybe the honey? In any case it's turned out to be quite good... Really soft inside and full of sunflower seeds, mmmm... The original recipe suggested sunflower, pumpkin and sesame seeds, but I added what I had, sunflower, sesame, linseed and flaxseed.

Seeded Moroccan loaf

1 1/2 fast action dried yeast

350 very strong white flour

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp honey

225 ml warm milk

3 tbsp each of sesame, linseed and sunflower seeds (or whichever seeds you have/prefer)

Some extra seeds for sprinkling

Put the ingredients in the breadmaker in the right order for your machine and start the dough/raisin programme.

Once it's finished, turn the dough into a floured surface and shape into a round loaf.

Leave to rise for 45 minutes covered with a tea towel, until doubled in size.

Brush with egg and sprinkle with sunflower seeds (or any other seeds).

Bake in a preheated oven at 200C for 30 minutes.

Turn to a wire rack to cool.