Bread

One thing that I've taken to making myself pretty often is bread. I love to eat a slice of bread or toast or a roll as a snack, and it's very difficult to get nice bread cheaply. Making your own bread is inexpensive, easy and requires very few ingredients! Cost: 8p per roll

Makes around 14 rolls
Ingredients:
1kg strong flour
2 sachets fast action yeast (7 or 8 g sachet)
1tsp salt
Approx. 600ml warm water
A little milk (optional)
Oil

Method
Put the flour in a large bowl and add the salt and yeast. Mix together.
Add the water gradually, stirring all the time and bringing together with your hands as the mixture starts to come together.
It's better for the mixture to be slightly dry at this point!
When the mixture has formed a very slightly crumbly ball, pour a little oil onto a (glass) board and roll the ball of dough in it.
Knead until the dough becomes smooth and silky (probably about 5 minutes).
Return the dough to the bowl and cover with a clean tea towel. Leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
Grease a baking sheet.
Knead the on an oiled board again, then divide into 100g pieces.
Shape each piece into a ball and place on the baking sheet, then score a deep line across with a knife.
Brush or rub a little milk onto the surface of each roll (I think this gives a better crust but it's not necessary).
Preheat the oven to 180C and cover the rolls with the tea towel and leave to rise for 30 minutes.
Remove tea towel and bake for about 15 - 20 minutes or until a roll produces a hollow sound when the base is tapped.