Baking bread with a nine year old

my daughter Sarah aged 10 and a half has taken to baking cheese bread plaits all by herself! by hand, from scratch here's her recipe, sorry if it's a bit late.

They turn out very well and she likes the braiding bit, but not the waiting...

Hilda

White Cheese Bread Plaits

Ingredients:

675g white flour 450ml lukewarm water 2 tea spoons salt 2 tea spoons yeast 1 table spoon sunflower oil 1/2 cup grated cheese

Method:

1.Measure out flour into a bowl. 2.Add salt and mix thoroughly. 3.Add yeast, stir and make a wide, deep well in the middle. 4.Pour water and sunflower oil into the well, gradually drawing in the flour from the sides until it is smooth and elastic. 5.Add cheese and mix until it is hard to tell the difference between the dough and cheese. 6.Knead the dough to bind the ingredients together properly. 7.Split the dough into three lumps and put two aside. 8.Split this lump into three and roll each ball into a sausage shape. 9.Lay the three rolls beside each other, carefully plait them and squeeze the ends to keep it together. 10.Repeat this shaping process on the other two balls. 11.Once you have made the three plaits, lay them on a tray over a gentle heat and leave them to prove for 40 minutes. 12.After proving, the plaits should have almost doubled in size. 13.Put the plaits in an oven at 220 degrees celsius for 35-40 minutes or until well risen. You may need to bake for a shorter time depending on your oven)

(Our fan oven only takes about 20 minutes I suggest you keep an eye on the loaves to prevent burning

14.Leave the bread to cool for about 10 minutes, cut it open and enjoy!

One packet of yeast = 2 1/4 teaspoons

Wonderful! Sounds fun and yummy. I'm going to save this for a future baking exercise.

Thanks! :-)

Priscilla

Ta.

Priscilla

Sorry, you had mentioned having a KA mixer in an eariler post so I gave you my sil's modified directions. Mixing until it is smooth is kneading. If you want to take it out of your mixer and do it by hand, by all means, do so.

Generally 1 1/2t.

marcella

helped

How about saving a bit of the dough and baking it as a roll, alongside the loaf? Then she could taste it right away and you wouldn't have to cut into a whole loaf.

-Scott

We ended up eating a few slices off the end of one of the loaves before I took her home. She carried "the fruits of our labor" while I carried her duffle bag.

Priscilla