This is just the phrase that keeps on giving and never do I take a batch of these little angels out of the oven without hubby making some Carry On reference to my lovely baps.

I wanted to try and put a bread recipe together that was fast and easy and therefore convenient to fit into life. I love my sourdough dearly but it does take some planning and organisation so it is lovely to have a ‘go to’ recipe that you know you can prepare in an absolute flash but that is reliable and makes you feel like an absolute domestic goddess.

Ingredients:

1tbsp quick yeast

1tbsp sugar

1tsp salt

250ml warm water

4tbsp vegetable oil

450g strong bread flour

So here is my methodology for the bestest, fluffiest, puffiest floury baps you’ve ever had – Ooh Matron!

I throw these ingredients into my bread machine, wet things first, flour last, then pop into the dough cycle for 45 minutes. You could easily mix by hand or in a mixer with a dough hook.

Then it’s 20-30 mins extra to prove in the machine once the cycle has ended, then take out, knock back and shape into nine equal sized rounds about the size of a small satsuma. You want them smooth side up and any rough edges tucked in and underneath.

Place onto a baking tray with a light dusting of semolina to stop them sticking.

Cover with a teatowel and allow to prove a second time for around another 60-90 minutes. It’s not too time sensitive so you’ve time to trot out and do some other chores without being chained to the kitchen.

Dust with flour and pop into a pre heated over at 190 degrees for 20 minutes and hey presto, this is another piff paff poof magic moment for me when you open the oven and see what you’ve created.

Check these out! 

They actually keep really well for a good few days in a cake tin or bread bag and make amazing breakfast, lunch or burger rolls. Also outstandingly fabulous with homemade soup and homemade butter. 

My lovely neighbour dropped some eggs in last weekend and I wrapped up four of these in newspaper and popped on their doorstep by way of a Thankyou… There was a comedy moment when across the field the next day she shouted ‘husband wanted to say how nice your baps were!’ We did chortle. 

As I said, the joke never ever gets old. ❤️