strong white flour

Once you’ve made your own English muffins, you’ll never want to buy them again. Factor in a couple of hours proving time to get Paul Hollywood’s easy version ready to go on the griddle.

Equipment and preparation: You will need a 9cm/3½oz straight-sided cutter.

English muffins

300 grams/10½ oz strong white bread

fast-action yeast

salt

grams/½oz caster sugar

grams/½oz softened butter,

170 milliliters/6fl oz milk (should make a soft dough –

oil,

semolina

This fruit-enriched bread made with dried fruit, cinnamon and orange zest makes a wonderful afternoon tea loaf drizzled in icing sugar and slathered in butter.

Tea loaf

bread

grams/1½oz caster sugar

grams/1½oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

grams/¼oz fast-action dried yeast

120 milliliters/4fl oz milk

grams/1¾oz sultanas

60 grams/2¼oz glacé cherries

cinnamon

oranges, zest only

icing sugar

butter,

Freshly baked bagels are another world to shopbought. In Rachel Allen's bagel recipe, she adds a little molasses or treacle to the water that the bagels are boiled in to add a gentle sweetness. Top with your favourite sweet or savoury flavours.

Bagels

450 grams/1lb strong white flour,

tsp salt

sachet fast-acting yeast

tbsp clear honey

tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing

tbsp black treacle

polenta,

egg,

sesame seeds, sea salt, poppy seeds,

Paul Hollywood's easy white bread recipe shows you step by step how to make bread that's crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. If you're new to making bread, this one's great for beginners.

Easy white bread

grams/1½oz butter

sachet fast-action dried yeast

milliliters/10¾fl oz tepid water (warm not cold – about body temperature)

Home bakers battle to be crowned best amateur baker. The six remaining bakers are making bread in the shadow of Sarre Windmill in Kent.

Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood show you how to bake with easy-to-follow recipes and advice on the Get Baking website.

Paul Hollywood's crusty cob loaf

This focaccia recipe is easy to make and easy to adapt with whatever herbs you have in the house. 


Focaccia

white flour

sachet (7 grams) dried easy blend yeast

olive oil

400 milliliters/14fl oz cold water

olive oil,

fine sea salt

Enjoy this homemade loaf of ciabatta as a sandwich with mozzarella, basil, tomato and prosciutto, or simply ripped into pieces and dipped in olive oil and good-quality balsamic vinegar.

Ciabatta

instant yeast

milliliters/1fl oz olive oil,

semolina flour, for flouring

If you actually want to serve this full-English pizza for breakfast, the dough and sauce can be made the night before. The dough can then have a slow overnight rise in the fridge. 

Breakfast pizza

300 grams/10½ oz strong white flour,

instant yeast (one sachet)

175 milliliters/6fl oz tepid water

200 grams/7fl oz passata

tomato paste

garlic

oregano

basil leaves

salt and black pepper

sausages,

bacon,

black pudding, broken up (optional)

mushrooms,

tomatoes,

2–4 free-range eggs

balls mozzarella, broken up

Fresh from the oven with a sliver of butter melting into it, or the next day as toast with anything from marmalade to pâté spread on top, there’s no beating a homemade white loaf.

Paul Hollywood’s white bread

grams/¼oz salt

320 milliliters/11½oz cold water

milliliters/1½fl oz olive oil,

extra oil and flour, for kneading

Serve these mini-baguettes with really ripe brie, camembert or vacherin cheese for a simple yet decadent lunch.

Baguettes

grams/¼oz fast action dried yeast

180 milliliters/6fl oz water

You'll be amazed how easy it is to make tiger bread. With it's crackly top, crunchy crust and light interior, you won't just be saving it for special occasions. Perfect with a big bowl of soup. 

Tiger bread

sachet fast-action dried yeast (or 1½ tsp)

oil oil

grams/1¾oz rice flour

1½ tsp caster sugar

½ tsp fast-action dried yeast

tsp vegetable oil, or 1 tsp vegetable oil and 1 tsp sesame oil

This is one of my cheeky recipes that I have slipped into the book under the guise of being fast(er) to prepare compared to using regular yeast. There is also very little work to do: a bit of slow stirring and kneading and then that is basically it. Now this little bread has caused quite some controversy recently for various reasons over whether it looks like a giraffe or a tiger after which it is usually named, but for me, I prefer the US name 'Dutch crunch' or my own made up name 'crackle top bread'.

Crackle top bread

Flatbreads are easier to make than you may think, these flatbreads are a Polish twist on naan bread, best served with a warming pot of stew. 

Polish flatbread

white bread flour

yeast yeast

onion, very finely chopped

150 milliliters/5fl oz warm water

150 milliliters/5fl oz yoghurt

free-range egg, beaten

tbsp honey

dill seeds

tbsp caraway seeds

The Spanish love their bread and after tasting this, so do we! With the starter mix, it’s halfway to a sourdough and it’s a good old-fashioned hearty bread that keeps well.

Rustic Spanish bread (Pan Rustico)

150 milliliters/5fl oz/¼ pint warm water

tsp caster sugar

tsp fast-action dried yeast

grams/4½oz strong white flour

200 milliliters/7fl oz/⅓ pint warm water

100 grams/3½oz strong wholemeal flour

tbsp olive oil,

There is nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread, top these rolls with a generous amount of butter for a real treat. 

Basic bread rolls

yeast

grams/1 butter

75 milliliters/2½fl oz milk, warmed

225 milliliters/8fl oz warm water

rice flour,

These flatbreads are served with melted coriander butter and taste great alongside a  <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tex-mex_beef_chilli_56840">Mexican chilli</a>. 

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