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‘To sustain man’s strength as it was intended, bread must be made of sound and pure ingredients; and no economy can be more false or mistaken in its character than that which seeks to cheapen it by any admixture of materials which are not so.’ ELIZA ACTON, The English Bread Book (Longman, 1857)

One of the beauties of bread is that it can be made with so few ingredients. Flour and water alone, treated in the right way, are sufficient. The following run-down of the essentials is not meant to be an exhaustive treatise but a practical guide. It is useful, but not essential, to read this before starting on the recipes.