Two loaf yeast test

What you need

• 500g plain or bread flour
• A sachet of dried yeast
• Warm water and a little salt
• Two bowls and two loaf tins

How to do it

1. 1

   Mix flour, a pinch of salt and warm water in both bowls, adding yeast to one only.

2. 2

   Knead each dough for five minutes and shape them into two little loaves.

3. 3

   Draw round each loaf on paper so you can see how much they grow.

4. 4

   Leave both somewhere warm for an hour, checking every fifteen minutes.

5. 5

   Bake both, then cut them open and talk about the holes in each one.

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