when i was a kid if we made bread it was always raisin bread. and we were right to

Don't skimp on the leavening, heavy bread is an acquired taste.

My dad used to love making bread but it was so heavy a single slice could be your whole meal and it was so yeasty.

So don't do that I guess.

imo, a 5strand braid is easier than a 6strand one. alternatively, weave it

this is the bread I make most weeks:

• 350g wholemeal flour
• 50g plain flour (sieved)
• 50g oats
• 2 tsp bread soda
• 1 tsp salt

mix all into big bowl then add the wet ingredients:

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 500mL buttermilk (I actually usually use oat milk with lemon juice to acidify it these days)
• 1 tbsp sunflour oil

Mix it all and throw it in a lined baking tin and bake at 175°C (fan oven) for an hour. Then turn off the oven, take it out of the tin and put it back into the oven as it cools down to harden the base.

rosemary foccacia

first bread i ever learned and it comes out so good every time

dont have the recipe on me though :<