7 bread recipes that are perfect for National Homemade Bread Day
BAKING bread has been a part of culture throughout human history. From ancient civilisation to modern day trends, baking bread is always in fashion.
Have you ever baked bread?
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Baking bread has positive connotations; the smell of freshly baked bread has been voted the top smell to help sell your home.
The smell has also been found to be comforting.
That might be why baking bread became so popular during the 2020 and 2021 covid-19 lockdowns.
Beyond the breakdown in supply chains, baking supplies and flour became gold dust.
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Supermarket shelves were being wiped clean faster than they could be restacked.
Social media was awash with images of sourdough starters and freshly baked loaves.
The accessory of the season was a homemade banana bread.
Consumer psychologist Kate Nightingale explained that the reason for the mad craze during those times of such uncertainty could have been to do with the feeling of lacking control over our lives.
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The independence the act of baking bread delivers is unparalleled to many other manifestations of control [during the lockdowns]”.
Was baking bread just a craze of the moment?
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Have many of the budding bakers out there kept up the hobby?
Perhaps this National Homemade Bread Day is the perfect opportunity to rekindle the joy of baking bread!
Sun Bingo has found seven bread recipes that you can try at home.
Baking recipes
Slow cooker bread
This recipe boasts that you can whip up bread at home with just two ingredients: flour and beer.
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As estimates suggest that slow cookers use less energy than typical electric ovens, it could also be a good way to keep down energy usage.
Irish soda bread
Although the article was inspired by St Patrick’s Day, there’s no reason to limit soda bread to March!
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The Batch Lady’s recipe takes just five minutes to prepare.
Jamie Oliver’s two-ingredient loaf
For us, baking bread was a craze of lockdown. For Jamie Oliver, it’s a typical Tuesday.
His two-ingredient recipe requires just dried yeast and strong bread flour.
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Cheap soda bread
At the time of original posting, the recipe in this article cost just over £1 per loaf for the ingredients, helping you to save some dough!
The recipe has been shared by hundreds of amateur bakers, which seems like a good sign for how the bread turns out.
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Mrs Crunch’s three bread recipes
This article is a three-in-one piece that offers recipes for a crusty white loaf, a red grape focaccia and a soda bread.
It’s a sign of the times that this article, which was originally posted pre-covid, claims we “hardly bake bread for ourselves”.
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This isn’t a recipe as such but it deserves a mention this National Homemade Bread Day.
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A history buff sourced yeast from scrapings left in ancient Egyptian bread pots and was able to use it in a bake.
The result was a paradoxically brand new, ancient loaf of bread.
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About the author
Katrina Vasey - Bingo Editor, The Sun
After graduating from Southampton University with a degree in English Literature, Katrina Vasey worked as a Content Editor for Law Business Research's publication the International Law Office. Katrina joined The Sun in 2022 as the Bingo Editor, covering the four gaming platforms: Sun Bingo, Fabulous Bingo, Sun Vegas and Fabulous Vegas.