Healthy White Bread

 520g plain white flour

1 egg yolk
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp honey

1 1/2 tsp of dried yeast

250ml warm water

1/3 cup linseeds

This gives you a wonderful light white bread with the nutty taste of linseeds which are an excellent source of fibre. Read here for more infomation on linseeds.

First activate the yeast by mixing it with the warm (NOT HOT - 1 part boiling to 2 parts cold) water, and the honey. Stir and let sit for 2/3 minutes and you will see little bubbles/foam on the top.

By Hand:
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Make a well in the middle and pour in the oil and the yeasty water mixture. mix together with your hands till you have a dough. Take out the bowl and knead for 30 minutes until it bounces back when you punch into it. Put it back in the bowl and let it rise for 30 mins.

Bread Machine:
This is what I normally do. Put all ingredients in the bread machine and set on dough setting. When finished take out.

Final for both hand and machine methods.
Give the dough another 5 mins kneading and place in a lightly oiled loaf tin. Place a tea towel over the top to keep it warm and allow to sit for 30 minutes - It will rise a lot at this stage!

Remove tea towel (yes that's obvious but I still thought I better say)
Place in a preheated 190°C oven. Bake for about 25 minutes. To test bread - remove from the tin and turn over, give it a light tap with your finger and if it sounds hollow its good. If not stick it back in for 5 minutes. But mine are always good at 25 mins.