Easy Bread Dough Recipe to Cook with Kids

One of our favourite recipes to cook with kids is bread.

A simple tradition we have is to bake a loaf of bread at home once a week with the kids.

This easy bread recipe is ideal as you can use it for a 2lb loaf or you can make it into some extra cute little hedgehog rolls.

The kneading, watching it rise and then enjoying the finished loaf is fantastic for the kids and it does taste extra nice as well.

When I set about making bread with the kids we tried a few different recipes.

But we settled on this one as it's easy to remember and they can do a lot of it themselves.

Ingredients for Easy Bread Dough

3 cups strong bread flour
pinch of salt
1 packet of quick action yeast
2 tablespoons of vegetable or sunflower oil
1 cup of warm water
1 tablespoon of sugar

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Making bread with kids

Although I normally cook with the kids on the kitchen counter with them standing on a footstool - because of kneading the bread I have found that the kids find it easier to make bread at the table where they can knead the dough easier.

First off add the dry ingredients to the bowl and mix well.

Make a well in the middle and add in the oil and the warm water (it should be hand hot and no more).

Stir the mix until it comes together and then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead.

A tip that I learnt from watching The Great British Bake Off - lightly oil your hands and the dough won't attach as easily.

It takes about 5 - 10 minutes to knead the dough into a nice smooth dough, and I often find myself taking a turn with the kids as well.

Once the dough is kneaded and smooth make into shapes that you want and then put in a warm place to double in size - this takes around an hour.

Decorate if you wish

Preheat the oven to 180C (my setting for my fan assisted oven)

Then bake for 15 - 20 minutes for rolls, 20 - 30 minutes for loaves. When turned over the bread when tapped should be hollow sounding.

Leave on a wire wrack to cool if you can!

Easy Bread Dough - Cooking with Kids

Very simple and easy recipe for baking bread with kids or yourself. Relatively quick and works fantastically for bread, rolls and snacks. Perfect for some cooking in the home or classroom.

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Course: bread

Keyword: Bread Recipes, Cooking with Kids, easy recipes

Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Servings: 1 1/2lb loaf or 4 small rolls

Calories: 1651kcal

Author: Cerys Parker

Equipment

• Bowl
• spoon
• Loaf Tin

Ingredients

• 500 g strong bread flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 packet quick action yeast
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil vegetable oil will work as well
• 240 ml warm water
• 1 tablespoon sugar

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Instructions

• Put the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix.
• Make a well in the centre of the bowl
  
• Add in the vegetable oil and the warm water
  
• Mix with a spoon until a dough is formed
• Turn out the dough on a lightly floured surface
  
• Knead for 5 - 10 minutes until smooth
  
• Make into shapes or put in a loaf tin
  
• Leave in a warm place for around an hour until doubled in size
• Decorate if you wish
• Preheat the oven to 180C
• Cook 15 - 20 minutes for shaped rolls or 20 - 30 minutes for loaves
• Test to see if cooked by tapping the bottom with your knuckle - hollow sound = cooked
• Leave to cool and enjoy.
  

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Nutrition

Calories: 1651kcal | Carbohydrates: 284g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 375mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 13g | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 3mg

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Author

Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn't have to be put on hold and you don't just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.