Cheese And Bacon Loaf

 

To make my Cheese and Bacon Loaf  i just used a recipe for an ordinary white loaf and added cheese and bacon to the dough.

Ingredients

500g white bread flour.
2 tsp easy dried yeast.
330ml water.
1 tsp salt.
175g cheese.
175g bacon.

Recipe

1.Fry the bacon until lightly cooked.
2.Grate the cheese.
3.Add the flour to a mixing bowl.
4.Add the salt to the mixing bowl.
5.Add the yeast too the mixing bowl.
6.Add the bacon to the mixing bowl.
7.Add the cheese to the mixing bowl.
9.Stir the above ingredients in.
10.Make a well in the mixing bowl and add the water.
11.Mix the ingredients with the water till they are combined.
12.Lightly flour your work surface and turn your dough out onto it.
13.Knead for about 10 minutes or so.
14.Put your dough into a bowl and cover with cling film.Leave in a warm place to rise for at least an hour or until doubled in size.
15.Lightly grease a large loaf tin.
16.Lightly flour your work surface again and turn out your dough.Knock back for a few minutes then place in your prepared loaf tin.
17.Cover with a tea towel and leave in a warm place to prove for at least 1 hour or until it has doubled in size.
18.Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees c/400 degrees f/gas mark 6.
19.Bake your loaf in the oven for 35-40 minutes.When it is done it should sound hollow when tapped on the base.
20.Remove from the tin and leave on a wire rack to cool.

 

The loaf turned out really well although it rose quite a lot in the loaf tin causing it to overhang the tin.Having said that this did give the slices the old traditional look of bread when it was cut,with a larger,curved top end.

 

The Monday Baker