Bread

 'Bless our House as we come and go,

Bless our Families as they gather in,

Bless our Home with love and friends.'

A very, very good bread!

Recipe

This is the first recipe I am placing on my blog - I just do not want to lose the recipe itself in case if my offline sources happen to be gone some day.

Ingredients:
1 and 1/3 cups warm water
2 tsp dried yeast
1 tsp granulated sugar
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 egg beaten + melted butter to brush the bread loaf before baking
Baking: 400F/ 200C for 30 min.

1. Mix the yeast, sugar and warm water in a glass - leave it for 5-10 min. till the mixture bubbles.
2. In a big bowl mix the flour and salt.
3. Add the 'yeast water' to the flour and salt, stir it well with a wooden spoon and work on dough for 5-8 minutes till it becomes smooth. It should not stick to your fingers. If it does, add some flour but not too much.
4. Leave the dough in the bowl. Cover the bowl with a dry and clean kitchen towel.You can lightly grease the bowl before you put the dough into it - I never do it. Let the dough rest for about an hour.
5. Take the dough out of the bowl and place it on the slightly floured kitchen top. Knead the dough for about 3 minutes.
6. Grease the loaf tin. Preheat the oven 400F/200C. Form the dough into a loaf. Place it in the tin and let it rest for 20 minutes. After that, brush the loaf with a mixture of some melted unsalted butter and a bitten egg. Bake the bread for 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Little cow/ Ram resting on the pan Biscuit