Really easy bread rolls

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Once your 9-10-year-olds can confidently make these, they will have learned the basic skills to bake many forms of bread. They will practise measuring their ingredients using a measuring jug and weighing scales, and will sift, mix, knead and shape their bread rolls. This recipe requires just four basic ingredients: flour, water, yeast and salt. An adult will need to put the rolls in the oven, but the children will observe how it is done safely with oven gloves.

Master your first loaf and you can master anything!

This toolkit contains a recipe, along with ideas about how you could include it in your lesson. Take a look at the recipe below and refer to it alongside the teaching resources. 

The cooking skills and recipes have been developed in collaboration with the British Nutritional Foundation.

 

My first loaf

Equipment

  • Baking tray

  • Weighing scales

  • Sieve

  • Mixing bowl

  • Measuring spoons

  • Measuring jug

  • Flour dredger

  • Oven gloves

  • Cooling rack

Method

  • Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas mark 7. ADULT SUPPORT.

  • Step 2

    Grease a baking tray.

  • Step 3

    Sieve together the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.

  • Step 4

    Stir in the yeast and sugar.

  • Step 5

    Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add the warm water.

  • Step 6

    Mix to form a soft dough.

  • Step 7

    Sprinkle flour on to a clean work surface and place the dough on the surface.

  • Step 8

    Knead the dough for 10 minutes.

  • Step 9

    Divide the dough into 4 pieces and shape into rolls.

  • Step 10

    Place the rolls on the greased baking tray.

  • Step 11

    Cover the rolls and leave in a warm place to prove for 30 minutes, until they double in size.

  • Step 10

    ADULT ONLY. Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

Ingredients

Makes:
4
250g
strong flour
1 x 5ml spoon
salt
7g pack
fast-action dried yeast
1 x 5ml spoon
sugar
150ml
warm water

Top tip(s)

Why not try adding 25g apple, grated cheese, dried fruit or chopped onion to the flour mixture?

Decorate your bread with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, grated cheese or diced onion.

 

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