Brown Bread

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    583
based on 1 ratings

A simple loaf using wholemeal brown flour, top with seeds if you prefer. Perfect for sandwiches, served with soup or toasted.

recipe updated 3 Dec 2025

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    100 g
  • Quick-rise yeast icon
    Quick-rise yeast
    7 g
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    250 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    70 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    20 g
  • Wholemeal bread flour icon
    Wholemeal bread flour
    250 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    250 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Loaf tin (450g) - 15cm (6")

Step preview

  1. Fit the Knife blade (or Max blade for kCook Multi)
  2. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, attach the lid without the filler cap
  3. Knead until the dough has formed - 3 minutes, speed 7
  4. Remove the Knife blade (or Max blade for kCook Multi), attach the lid with the filler cap
  5. Prove until doubled in size - 1 hour, 30°C, speed Off
  6. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface
  7. Gently pull the edges into the centre
  8. Turn the dough over and shape into a loaf
  9. Place the dough into a loaf tin, seam side up
  10. Cover the dough with a damp tea towel
  11. Prove until doubled in size - 1 hour
  12. Preheat the oven - 220ºC
  13. Place a tray of boiling water into the bottom of the oven
  14. Remove the tea towel and spray the dough with salted water
  15. Bake until it sounds hollow when the bottom is tapped - 25 minutes, 220ºC
  16. Remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack
  17. Serve
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