Plain flour bread

This no-yeast bread is made using any plain flour you have at home. It’s slightly denser than a yeasted bread, but very satisfying spread with butter or dunked in hot soup

Prep:10 mins
Cook:45 mins

Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 205
fat 1g
saturates 0g
carbs 42g
sugars 4g
fibre 2g
protein 6g
salt 0.8g

Ingredients

500g plain white flour or wholemeal flour, plus extra
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp fine salt
1 tbsp sugar
350ml-400ml natural yogurt or buttermilk
handful of oats or seeds, optional

Method

Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Put a flat baking sheet in the oven to get really hot.
Mix the flour, bicarb, salt and sugar in a large bowl until evenly distributed. Make a well in the centre and tip in the yogurt. Bring together to make a slightly sticky dough.
Lightly dust the dough with extra flour and form into a fat log, around the same size as the tin. Put in the tin. Dip a wooden spoon in flour and make a line along the centre. Top with a small handful of oats or seeds, if you like.
Bake on the hot baking sheet for 40-45 mins or until golden brown. Leave to cool in the tin then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before cutting into slices.