Time to get back to the roots. Two of my first three posts were about baking bread and I've had a pause from baking bread and making bread posts. It's time to get back and share you a good, basic recipe for baking really good bread and pretend it's super healthy for you! I'm not going to tell you how to eat bread though, as I'll be eating the bread when I'm finished myself.

If you want it to be less healthy or you can't find all the ingredients, just leave them out or replace them. I can never know what will be the future of your bread anyway

_{You can see my son helping me bake. Remember to tell him he's a great boy!
I'm a lazy, lazy boy for not cropping the images. Maybe I should practice with this one..}

THE BREAD

850g wheat (700g regular wheat, 150g wholegrain wheat)
500g water
25g yeast
16g seasalt
Spoonful of honey
Spoonful of dried nettle

Start by mixing the yeast in lukewarm water. Add the flour (or add the water in the flour) together with dried nettle and the honey and mix. I'm using an electric mixer and at first, I'm using the slowest speed for 13 minutes.

Then, add the salt and mix 7 minutes with a bit faster speed.

Let the dough rest under a cover for 45-60 minutes. Resting time depends on the temperature and in cooler temperatures it can rest for longer, but it will have a stronger flavor.

Take the dough and slice it in two pieces and roll them into bread. They'll be around 800 grams each. Use some flour to avoid the dough being too sticky. Let the two breads rest covered for another 45 minutes. I sprinkled some water on the bread, but it's not necessary.

Put the oven to 250 celsius degrees. When the oven is ready, add the bread and sprinkle some water in the oven. After 5 minutes, reduce the temperature to 200 celsius degrees and bake for 45 minutes more (so it's total 50 minutes). Open the oven twice during this to give the bread some fresh air. It's a friendly thing to do.

Now the bread is finished. Yummy! Sprinkle some more water on the bread when it's finished.

I'm writing this while I'm waiting for the bread to cool down so I don't even know if this is any good. :(