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Want to learn how to bake bread? Video tutorial.

handmade bread

 

Do you know how to bake bread? Have you wanted to learn?

Baking bread is one of those things that sounds so intimidating at first.  When I mention I’ve been baking bread at the weekend, I inevitably get reactions like “Wow, you know how to do that?” or “You must have a lot of free

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Chocolate Orange Hot Cross Buns

chocolate orange hot cross bun

A long, hot, sunny Easter weekend in London.  The perfect time to be in front of a hot oven!  But I was, in pursuit of another English classic – the hot cross bun.

My problem with the traditional hot cross bun is that they are filled with currants, raisins and other dried fruits … and I

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Bake your own bread: the classic white loaf

Amanda's Homemade White Bread

Amanda's Homemade White Bread

What’s the quickest way to make a visitor to your house think you’re a domestic goddess?  Fill your house with the smell of baking bread.  And no, a ‘freshly baked bread’ scented candle doesn’t cut it.

Mmmm, the smell of baking bread.  Enough said.   To really get this smell, you

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