How to make your own bread at home WITHOUT using yeast

NO matter where we look, all our local shops seem to have completely sold out of yeast as a result of coronavirus stockpiling.

Well if you were planning on making some fresh bread to see your family through the self-isolation period and can't find this crucial ingredient ANYWHERE, then don't scrap your plans just yet.

That's right, there is a way you can still make some homemade sourdough bread without yeast – and all you need is flour and water.

According to the Metro, this simple dough can make either a loaf of bread or doughnuts. Talk about multipurpose.

To start with, you need to find a box or jar big enough for the dough to prove in.

 You then mix the flour and water together and leave somewhere warm overnight without the lid on to proof.

How to make the 'sourdough starter'

Method:

  • Mix 200g flour and 200ml water together in a jar
  • Leave overnight to proof somewhere warm overnight without the lid on
  • The following day, throw away half the mixture and add another 100g flour and 100ml water in
  • Repeat this method of discarding and adding every day until bubbles develop – this can take up to one week
  • If you want to keep the mixture long-term, put in the fridge and 'feed' it once a week by adding more flour and water and bringing it to room temperature

The next day, you need to discard half of the mixture and add another 100g of flour and 100ml water in everyday until bubbles develop – which can take up to a week.

Once bubbles have appeared, this means it's ready to use – and if you intend to keep it for future bakes, you can store the dough in the fridge and "feed" it once a week by adding (you've guessed it) more flour and water.

Better still, the dough can last YEARS if you continuing adding to it – which makes it well worth the faff if you ask us.

For more food hacks, this husband created an amazing quarantine home restaurant for his wife after all their date nights were cancelled

And this mum shares ‘delicious’ £1 Aldi scone recipe – using just four ingredients

Plus you can have Nandos chicken at home with this slow cooker roast chicken recipe for only £2.80.

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