Robert Fripp's Diary

Bredonborough A call to Seattle

17.21

Bredonborough.

17.21  A call to Seattle and interesting developments.

Continuing to move stuff & organise. The new kitchen…

… is currently the new storage room. But Study No. 4 is about-to-be-becoming in action…

17.49 An e-correspondent has seen the recent picture (Diary for 12th. September) of Toyah’s Wonder Bread of Joy & Regularity, and asked for the recipe. Herewith, from the Minx…

TOYAH’S ULTIMATE NUTRITION BREAD

This bread is made in a standard bread maker, but an experienced bread maker may bravely try it by hand, but it is quite dry in texture, not pliable like a white dough.

In appearance it is like a German rye bread, or black bread, very dense in texture. Because of this I am not certain the yeast is needed, as I am still experimenting, but my husband loves it.

Linseed doesn’t like to be overheated and I find the ‘wholemeal’ bread setting on bread maker isn’t too ferocious a heat.

   I have devised this bread for very good fibre, excellent vit E and high Omega 3. Also the molasses provides vit B.

Here it is as made for the bread making machine: we have a Goodmans bread maker.Put all ingredients in the bread maker in this order.

275oz/9oz WATER

225g / 8oz STRONG WHITE FLOUR.

225g/ 8oz WHEATGERM

DESSERT SPOON MILK POWDER

1 tsp BIO SALT

GENEROUS DESSERT SPOON MOLASSES

25g / 1oz BUTTER

1 PACKET ALLINSONS EASY BAKE YEAST.

50g/ 2oz  ORGANIC GOLDEN LINSEED

50g/ 2oz  ORGANIC BROWN LINSEED

125g/ 4oz CHOPPED DRIED UNPITTED DATES

Once this is in the bread maker and being kneaded, I slowly add another 3oz water to help bind this dry mixture, also I press the ingredients down regularly because they bulk up above the mixing paddle. The mixture shouldn’t be too wet, just moist enough to bind.

After that the machine times the rest. But I am sure if you are a bread maker with practice, this loaf would take a medium heat for 40 mins.