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35Total Time
230Prep Time
35Bake Time
16slices
A little effort

Tiger Bread

53 Reviews

How to make tiger bread

Tiger bread is known for it's beautiful golden mottled crust and tasty smell. We've improved our recipe so that the crust is extra tiger-ry. Follow our recipe step by step to have your whole house smelling of freshly baked warm bread in a few hours.

Get the butter out, you're going to want to eat a slice as soon as it's baked. Fancy making your own jam to spread on the top? Try our Strawberry Jam recipe. Delicious.

Or for something a little different, give our pizza dough a go!

35Total Time
230Prep Time
35Bake Time
16slices
A little effort

Method

  1. Step 1:

    MIX

    Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a big bowl. Using your fingertips rub in the butter until only fine ‘crumbs’ are left. Mix in the water with a cutlery knife.

  2. Step 2:

    KNEAD

    Tip onto a lightly flour dusted surface and knead for 10 minutes (or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer). 

  3. Step 3:

    RISE

    Lightly grease the mixing bowl with some oil. Put the dough back in, cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave to rise until doubled in size.

  4. Step 4:

    SHAPE

    Knock back the dough by gently kneading just 5 times to get the air out. Shape into a smooth oval and sit on a floured baking sheet.

  5. Step 5:

    PROVE Cover the dough again with a clean tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size again. Preheat your oven to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6). Whisk all of the topping ingredients together until smooth. Leave this to rest for 10 minutes.  

  6. Step 6:

    BAKE

    Spread the paste all over the top and sides of your loaf – use a palette knife or your hands. Bake for 35 minutes, until it’s golden brown and crackled and when you tap the base it sounds hollow. Cool on a wire rack.

     

Ingredients

  • For the Dough

    • 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
    • 1 sachet Allinson's Easy Bake yeast or Allinson's Time Saver Yeast
    • 1.5 tsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
    • 1.5 tsp Salt
    • 1 tbsp Butter (softened)
    • 300ml Warm water
  • For the Topping

    • 3.5g Allinson's Easy Bake Yeast
    • 0.5 tsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
    • 0.5 tbsp Sesame seed oil
    • 1pinch Salt
    • 75g Ground rice
    • 90ml Warm water

Nutritional Information

per 57g
  • 140cal Energy
  • 1.5g Fat
  • 0.6g of which Saturates
  • 26g Carbohydrates
  • 0.7g of which Sugars
  • 4.5g Protein
  • 0.53g Salt

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