Bread Making

I use a breadmaker when making bread because no one has ever shown me how to do it by hand. The breadmaker is an old model and its ok but it's just not the same as hand made bread.

I am, alas, one of these people who needs to be physically shown how to do something like this - much like knitting and crochet, it's v difficult to learn from a book or video (and my dongle internet connection doesn't allow me to watch videos).

So I decided to have a look at one day courses/workshops on bread making. OH my! These school charge a fortune! Don't get me wrong, they look and sound amazing but who has a spare £130= for a single day course? Not I! I typed breadmaking courses, Scotland into Bing and got quite a few results. Here are a couple of lovely looking ones, although they are out of my price-range.

http://www.entcs.co.uk/bread-making
http://www.lesleyskitchen.com/

If, unlike me, you can used a recipe and know how to make bread, here are some stunning recipes that I really want to try myself :D

One thing I will warn you about. I know the difference between unleavened and leavened bread (yeast, basically). Naan is an unleavened bread but for some reason there are recipes out there telling you to put yeast in it. This is not real naan bread, I have to say. Good naan recipe:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/naan_86626


Basics:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/bread

Something special:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sundriedtomatoandoli_66043

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cheesegalettebreadwi_83503

and for something less common in the UK - Corn Bread:
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/514368

For something a little more desserty or as a tea time treat:
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/634893

Thats all for now. these sound amazing and I really will try to find someone to show me how to do this. Darn my practical learning skills!

On another note, my second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available on both Kindle and paperback formats:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

And paperback: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346506656&sr=1-2

and in the US: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346946271&sr=1-2&keywords=the+island+of+the+mist

And you can still obtain the first book, The Stone in the Sword: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3