The Great British Bake-off has nothing on 5B this week!
Our design and technology project for this half term is ‘Bread’ so we have been getting our bake on baking, you’ve guessed it – bread! No bread machines were involved, it was all done the traditional way using yeast and waiting for the dough to rise.
We began by baking a basic wholemeal loaf then made a white, cheesy loaf, both of which were delicious! However, we decided to go one step further by baking a cheese and onion plaited loaf which was, though we say so ourselves, spectacular!
Everyone contributed to the making process by measuring cups of flour, adding pinches of salt, tablespoons of sugar, cups of water, etc. And, of course, we all had a go at kneading the dough each time – it was hard work! A grown-up plaited our loaf as we found it quite tricky to do.
Measuring flour
Kneading the dough
Measuring water
Grating cheese
The mixture feels sticky!
Kneading is tough work!
Squash!
Wholemeal loaf before it rises
