Let's make some bread!

Easy Homemade Bread

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk
3 Tbsp butter, divided and melted

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

Add the buttermilk and 2 tablespoons melted butter and mix just until combined.

Generously flour your work surface. Scrape the dough onto your work surface then sprinkle the top of it with additional flour. With very light pressure, turn the dough so that it is coated on all sides with flour then knead it a maximum of eight times. Shape it into a 6-inch domed round.

Transfer the dough to a nonstick baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Using a sharp knife, cut a large "X" across the top then brush the top with the remaining 1 tablespoon melted butter.

Bake the bread for about 35 minutes or until it is no longer doughy in the middle.


**Bonus flatbread recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup honey
2 Tbsp milk
2 Tbsp cold water
1 Tbsp canola oil
pinch of salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400. Spray baking sheet with cooking spray or use silicon baking pad.

Sift together dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.

Combine honey, milk, water, oil, and salt and mix well.

Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until combined. Be careful to not overmix. Dough will be quite wet and sticky.

Turn dough out onto floured work surface and knead briefly until less sticky. Roll out dough ball until it is about 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough into two 6-8" rounds (recombining and re-rolling scraps as needed), score top of each with a cross and bake for about 7-8 minutes. Bread will appear undercooked. Remove from sheet immediately and place on wire rack to cool.