Stick bread

By Sonja Jordt | Published 1 February 2010

Use a long, sturdy stick so the kids don't have to stand close to the fire.

Children love to make their own stick bread. Let them twist the dough around the sticks and, if they’re old enough, braai it themselves too.

You need (for 2 loaves)
• 1 kg (7 cups) white bread flour (or use half Nutty Wheat and half white bread flour)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 packet (10 g) instant yeast
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 to 2½ cups lukewarm water

Here’s how
1. Wet & dry. Combine the dry ingredients and add the oil and enough lukewarm water to form a manage­able dough.
2. Massage it. Knead the dough until it’s smooth and elastic, and doesn’t stick to your hands any more.
3. Let it rise. Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with clingwrap. Let it stand in a warm place for about 15 minutes or until the dough has doubled in volume.

Stick bread
1. Start with strips. Knead the dough down. Roll it out on a surface sprinkled with flour to about 15 mm thick, and cut it into strips.
2. Do the twist. Coil a strip of dough around the end of a clean stick, and braai it over medium-hot coals until golden brown. Turn frequently. When it’s done, the bread will slide off the stick. Eat with butter and apricot jam.

Other recipes to try out:
Basic bread dough
Potato Bake bread rolls

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