A Baking Journey

This course will introduce you to some of the methods used by Traditional commercial bakers over the last 100 years or so .

The Barm method ; Developed by Bakers via an arrangement with the local beer brewer , before Commercial Yeast became more available .

The Sponge method ; a method which uses smaller amounts of yeast than most bread recipes and is ideal to use with straight UK flour .

The Overnight Dough method ;  a yeast method which needs a stronger flour than most UK flour so is often mixed with imported flour .

The Natural Fermented ( Sourdough )  method ; a more recent way of making bread in the UK which has become quite fashionable but does actually produce a more digestible bread than most yeasted recipes.

The Rye Dough method ; a bread making way used a lot  in Europe and Scandinavian countries . A good method to use if intolerance to gluten needs to be considered .