Plain flour bread (bread without yeast)

• plain white flour↗500g g

  or wholemeal flour, plus extra

• bicarbonate of soda↗2 tsp tsp
• fine salt↗½ tsp tsp
• sugar↗1 tbsp tbsp
• natural yogurt↗350ml-400ml ml

  or buttermilk

• oats↗handful of

  or seeds, optional

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Put a flat baking sheet in the oven to get really hot.

2. 2

   Mix the flour, bicarb, salt and sugar in a large bowl until evenly distributed. Make a well in the centre and tip in the yogurt. Bring together to make a slightly sticky dough.

3. 3

   Lightly dust the dough with extra flour and form into a fat log, around the same size as the tin. Put in the tin. Dip a wooden spoon in flour and make a line along the centre. Top with a small handful of oats or seeds, if you like.

4. 4

   Bake on the hot baking sheet for 40-45 mins or until golden brown. Leave to cool in the tin then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before cutting into slices.