Hovis Granary Bread Flour

Benefit from more than a century of experience when you use our Hovis Bakery Granary® Bread Flour to bake bread at home. Freshly baked Hovis' Granary® Bread has its own unique flavour and heartwarming aroma which comes from a historic tradition of malting the wheat. To make your own homemade bread by hand or using a bread machine, just add butter, salt, Hovis Fast Action Bread Yeast and water to this malted wheat bread flour. When you bite into your delicious freshly baked brown bread, you will get all the more satisfaction knowing that you made it yourself. Hovis has been milling flour and baking bread for more than 130 years. Now you can join them and bake a loaf at home.

Hovis Granary® Bread Flour, Suitable for vegetarians, Suitable for hand baking and bread machines, For home baking, Make tasty loaves of bread for your favourite sandwiches

MILLED WITH DISTINCTION BY HOVIS. SINCE 1886. THE STORY OF HOVIS BEGINS IN 1886 WITH A MILLER NAMED RICHARD 'STONEY' SMITH FROM MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE WHO RADICALLY CHANGED THE WAY FLOUR WAS MILLED. GRANARY'S UNIQUE TASTE AND FLAVOUR COMES FROM MALTING THE WHEAT, WHICH IS SLOWLY TOASTED AND FLAKED OVER TIME. A TRADITION STARTED BY THE BENEDICTINE MONKS OF BURTON ABBEY. PERFECT FOR HAND BAKING AND BREAD MACHINES. FSC Mixed Sources. Product group from well-managed forests, controlled sources and recycled wood or fibre. Cert no. SA-COC-001736. www.fsc.org © 1996 Forest Stewardship Council.

UK

Store in a cool, dry place

Hand Baking (Makes 1 Large Loaf)

500g Hovis Granary Bread Flour
25g Butter
1 1/4 Tsp Salt
1 Sachet Hovis Fast Action Bread Yeast
275ml Warm Water
2 Tsp Sugar to give added flavour and thicker crust (optional)

1 In a large bowl, mix together the flour, (optional sugar) and salt. Rub in the butter then stir in the yeast.
2 Stir in the water and mix into a soft dough by hand.
3 Knead for 10 minutes by hand or 5 minutes in an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Place in a bowl and cover with a clean, damp tea towel (this stops the dough from drying out). Leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
4 Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and shape the dough then place in a greased 2lb tin or on an oven tray. Cover with a clean, damp tea towel and leave in a warm place until doubled in size (45 min to 1 hour).
5 Uncover and bake in an oven, preheated to 230°C (210°C Fan), Gas Mark 8 for 30 -35 minutes.
6 Take the loaf out of the tin and cool on a rack. The baked loaf should sound hollow when tapped underneath.

Golden Crust
Beat 1 egg with a little milk. Brush evenly before baking.

Soft Crust
Dust with flour before baking. Wrap in a dry, clean tea towel once baked.

Bread Machine
We recommend that you refer to your manufacturer's guidelines as each machine works slightly differently. Please take care to add ingredients in the order listed.

Bag

Whole Packaging - Recycle

Full Product Name:
Granary® bread flour.

Storage:
To achieve the best results from Hovis, store in a cool dry place.
For best before end see back of pack.

Safety Warning:
Do not consume uncooked flour.
This ingredients needs to be baked or cooked prior to consumption.

Additional Information:
Hovis, Granary® and Hovis since 1886 Bread Device are registered trade marks of Hovis Ltd and used under licence by Premier Foods Group Ltd.

Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Malted Wheat Flakes (16%), Wheat Protein, Malted Barley Flour

Contains Barley, Contains Wheat

Suitable for Vegetarians

Hovis

At Hovis®, our expert bakers have been baking bread for 130 years, so they've learnt a thing or two about making a great loaf and now you can at home.

Love Baking Bread?
Have you tried other flour in the Hovis range? Strong Wholemeal Strong White

Premier Foods ROI,
PO Box No 13008,
Dublin 1,
Ireland.

UK

Queries or Comments?
We'd love to hear from you. If you've any questions or comments, please do get in touch between 9.00 & 5.00 Monday - Friday.
UK 0800 022 3389
Freepost Premier Foods Consumer Relations.
ROI 1800 93 2814
Premier Foods ROI,
PO Box No 13008,
Dublin 1,
Ireland.

Golden crust
Beat 1 egg with a little milk. Brush on evenly before baking.

Hand baking
(Makes 1 large Granary loaf)
500g (1lb 2oz) Hovis Granary bread flour
25g (1oz) butter
1 1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp Hovis fast action bread yeast
275ml/9 fl oz warm water
2 tsp sugar to give added flavour and thicker crust (optional)

1 In a large bowl, mix together the flour, (optional sugar) and salt, rub in the butter and then stir in the yeast.
2 Stir in the water and mix into a soft dough by hand.
3 Knead for about 5 minutes in an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, or turn out onto a floured surface and knead well for 10 minutes by hand.
4 Shape the dough, then place in a greased 2lb tin or on a baking tray. Cover with a clean, damp tea towel (this stops the dough drying out) and leave in a warm place until doubled in size (1 1/2-2 hours).
5 Uncover and bake in an oven, preheated to 230°C (450°F, Gas Mark 8) for 30-35 minutes.
(The baked loaf should sound hollow when tapped underneath).
6 Take the loaf out of the tin and cool on a rack.

Soft crust
Dust with flour before baking. Wrap in a dry, clean tea towel once baked.