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!
Method
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.Step 2:
KNEAD
Tip onto a lightly flour dusted surface and knead for 10 minutes (or use the dough hook attachment on your mixer).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.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.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.
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
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
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
- 3.5g Allinson's Easy Bake Yeast
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
- 500g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
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
- 3.5g Allinson's Easy Bake Yeast