While it might seem strange to want to bake your own bread in France, the home of the brilliant baguette, it is nice to be able to make your own and have your house filled with the delicious scent of freshly baked bread. Plus I like to eat organic food and the organic boulangerie near my house isn’t that great. So I got myself a machine a pain.

The first two loaves were a bit of a disaster. I think the problem was the flour. The white bread setting requires flour Type 55 but it seems the organic flour only comes in Type 65 or higher. This isn’t quite white flour, although it’s not wholemeal either, but I think I should have run it on the wholemeal program. Otherwise, the problem was the yeast because it just didn’t rise enough.

In the end I got a ready to go bread mix and it worked perfectly. Delicious home made bread with sun dried tomatoes.

Next up I’m going to try pizza, brioche, and maybe even a cake.

Kenwood Bread Maker
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Sun Dried Tomato Bread