• dependencyinjection
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    18 days ago

    Ive made bread a handful of times and I’ve never used sugar.

    Here is the BBC Website with recipes for bread and checking the regular British breads I don’t see sugar listed on any.

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      18 days ago

      That’s interesting! I don’t know if it’s a north american thing, but I always start the yeast with either sugar or honey before I add the flour.

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        18 days ago

        It gives an initial boost, but not necessary. All my bread is sugar and milk free. The yeast and flour figure it out