– 1 cup lukewarm milk
– 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
– 1 teaspoon sugar
– 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
– 1 teaspoon salt
– 1 tablespoon olive oil
Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F)
Mix the milk, yeast and sugar in a bowl. Set aside for 5 minutes in a warm place or until the top gets all bubbly.
Place the flour, salt and oil into another bowl. When the yeast and milk mixture is ready, mix in with the flour until a dough forms. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it becomes smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
Put the dough into a greased loaf tin, cover, and leave to rise in a warm place for about an hour, or until the dough has roughly doubled in size. I personally like on top of the radiator, or on top of the oven as it is warming up. Australia in summer i don’t think you’d have to worry about it.
When the dough is ready, pop it in the oven and bake for about 45 minutes. When ready the loaf will sound hollow when tapped.
Extra good when served with lashings of butter, along with the Kids’ Tomato Soup