This Malted Brown bread is delicious served warm from the oven and slathered with butter. It also is the ideal bread to make a yummy Ploughman's sandwich.
Our easy-to-follow ten-step guide will help you bake this malted brown bread recipe in just 50 minutes, from prep to plate.
Combine the water, honey and sunflower oil and add to the flour mixture.
Ingredients for this step
280mlWarm water
1 tbspSunflower oil
Step 3
Mix until you have a soft dough and then knead by hand for 10 minutes or use the dough hook on your stand mixer.
Step 4
Turn out onto a floured surface and knead and form into a long oval. Place into a greased, 450g/1 lb loaf tin.
Step 5
Cover with oiled clingfilm and set aside to rise for 1-2 hours or until doubled in size. The time may vary depending on the temperature of the room.
Step 6
Preheat your oven to 220°c/200°c fan/Gas Mark 7.
Step 7
Once your oven has reached full temperature, place your loaf in the oven and immediately reduce the heat to 200°c/180°c fan/Gas Mark 6.
Step 8
Bake the loaf for 30 minutes.
Step 9
When the loaf is cooked it will sound hollow when the base is tapped.
Step 10
Leave the loaf to cool completely on a wire rack.
Ingredients
MetricImperial
475gCountry grain bread flour
1 tbspSunflower oil
280mlWarm water
1 1/2 tspSalt
1 1/2 tspAllinson's Easy Bake Yeast Sachet
1 1/2 tspRunny honey
Nutritional information per 89g serving
Energy 229cal
Fat 2.5g
of which Saturates 0.3g
Carbohydrates 38g
of which Sugars 2.3g
Protein 7.5g
Salt 0.94g
9 Baker Ratings
Made this in my ninja foodi - was delicious 😋
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Tried this loaf today as a change from my usual Wholemeal loaf (which is perfect). Dough is bit sticky and as it rises it falls over on itself. Didn’t look great but tasted fantastic. What am I doing wrong?
