AGEGE BREAD (EASY HOMEMADE BREAD)

Get your butter out, this fresh from the oven homemade Agege bread would take you to cloud nine!!!

I finally nailed Agege bread recipe. If you think bread- making is a hard job, then think again. This is a foolproof method I found here. I tweaked the recipe a bit, I have made this twice now and I tell you nothing beats homemade bread. The lovely aroma coming out of the kitchen oven would blow your mind away. This is the easiest method to make Nigerian styled Agege bread. You can use wholemeal flour, and adjust the amount of sugar you use for this recipe.

This homemade Agege bread is great for sandwiches, stew, soups, moi moi and akara.

INGREDIENTS

500g strong bread flour or strong plain flour, more for dusting

25g butter (substitute with 2tbsp olive/vegetable oil)

40g sugar (use less or more)

7g fast action dried yeast

280ml warm water

1tsp salt

1 egg for egg wash (optional)

Tips

To make warm water for this recipe, use 100ml of boiling water then add 180ml cold water to make lukewarm water.

Don’t worry when you mix your dough and it is sticky, when making bread, the wetter the dough the better.

You don’t need to activate your yeast if you are using fast-action dried yeast

HOW TO MAKE AGEGE BREAD

Melt butter and add to 280ml warm water

In a shallow bowl, add all dry ingredients and mix together

Stir butter and warm water mixture into the dry ingredients

Put the sticky dough onto a lightly floured plain surface/ worktop and knead for 5 minutes. Add more flour if needed but don’t add too much. Knead till dough is no longer sticky but stretchy.

Oil or butter a loaf tin and put the dough in the tin making sure all areas are covered

Preheat oven at 200C/392F

Cover with a clean kitchen towel or use a big plastic bag to cover the dough and leave to proof for an hour or more till the dough doubles in size/ fill the size of the tin