Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Bread Dough
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves how the dough goes all puffy and big!
Serves
2
Prep
20 min
Cook
30 min
Level
⭐⭐ Getting Confident
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •500 g strong white flour
- •1 tsp salt
- •1 sachet dried yeast
- •2 tbsp olive oil
- •300 ml warm water
🔧 Equipment
mixing bowlbaking trayclean tea towel
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: 220°C / Gas 7
- 1Mix the flour, salt and yeast.
- 2Add the oil and warm water.
- 3Mix until it forms a dough.
- 4Knead for 10 minutes until smooth and stretchy.
- 5Put in a bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave in a warm place for 1 hour.
- 6Shape into a loaf or rolls.
- 7Leave for 30 minutes to rise again.
- 8Adult: bake at 220°C / Gas 7 for 25-30 minutes until golden and hollow-sounding when tapped.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Mix the dough
- ✓ Knead the dough
- ✓ Shape the bread
- ✓ Watch it rise
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the oven at high temperature
- ⚠️ Handle hot baking tray
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Adult must operate the oven
- • Water should be warm, not hot — too hot kills the yeast
- • Bread will be very hot — let it cool before cutting
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding seeds, herbs, cheese or olives to the dough.
