Bread In Four Easy Steps

Tip the flour, yeast and salt into a large bowl and mix together with your hands.
Stir 300ml hand-hot water with the oil and honey, then stir into the dry ingredients to make a soft dough.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins, until the dough no longer feels sticky, sprinkling with a little more flour if you need it.

Oil a 900g loaf tin and put the dough in the tin, pressing it in evenly.
Put in a large plastic food bag and leave to rise for 1 hr, until the dough has risen to fill the tin and it no longer springs back when you press it with your finger.

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
Make several slashes across the top of the loaf with a sharp knife, then bake for 30-35 mins until the loaf is risen and golden.
Tip it out onto a cooling rack and tap the base of the bread to check it is cooked. It should sound hollow.
Leave to cool.