{"id":153,"date":"2026-09-18T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/?p=153"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:07:00","slug":"beginners-guide-to-baking-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/2026\/09\/18\/beginners-guide-to-baking-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Baking Your First Loaf of Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is nothing quite like the smell of fresh bread filling the kitchen. Baking your own may seem complicated, but a basic loaf needs only four ingredients and a little time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The basic recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>500 g strong white flour<\/li>\n\n<li>350 ml lukewarm water<\/li>\n\n<li>7 g dried yeast<\/li>\n\n<li>10 g salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mix everything into a rough dough, then knead for ten minutes until smooth and stretchy. Leave it covered in a warm place until doubled in size, usually about an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shape the dough into a round, let it rise again for 45 minutes, slash the top with a sharp knife and bake in a very hot oven for about 30 minutes, until it sounds hollow when tapped underneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let it cool before slicing, if you can resist. Once you&#8217;ve mastered the basic loaf, experiment with seeds, wholemeal flour and different shapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flour, water, yeast and salt. With patience and a hot oven, you can bake a loaf that rivals any bakery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11,16,69],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-baking","tag-bread","tag-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}