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The Home Baker’s Loaf: Simple Bread Making from Scratch

Learn to bake fresh, crusty bread at home with confidence. This hands-on course covers essential techniques, from mixing and kneading to shaping and baking, using everyday ingredients and equipment.

45 min3 modulesBeginner friendly
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Free to take. This course does not use any Learning Credits.

What you’ll be able to do

By the end of this course, you will be able to mix, knead, prove, shape, and bake a basic white loaf and a simple wholemeal bread, and adapt recipes to your own kitchen.

Course outline

A clear route from first principles to practical confidence

  1. 01

    Module 1: Getting Started – Ingredients, Equipment & Dough Basics

    • Lesson 1: Flour, Yeast, Salt & Water – What Each Ingredient Does
    • Lesson 2: Your Kitchen Toolkit – Essential Equipment and How to Use It
    • Lesson 3: Mixing and Kneading – Developing Gluten by Hand
  2. 02

    Module 2: Proving, Shaping & Baking Your First Loaf

    • Lesson 1: First Prove – Timing, Temperature and the ‘Poke Test’
    • Lesson 2: Shaping a Tin Loaf and a Free-Form Boule
    • Lesson 3: Baking – Oven Temperatures, Steam and Testing for Doneness
  3. 03

    Module 3: Going Further – Wholemeal Bread & Simple Variations

    • Lesson 1: Wholemeal Bread – Adjusting Hydration and Proving Times
    • Lesson 2: Adding Flavour – Seeds, Herbs and a Simple Sourdough Starter
    • Lesson 3: Storing and Reviving Your Bread – Keeping It Fresh