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Griddle Bread

Crymych, Pembrokeshire

Baking bread on a bakestone. Mrs Rachel Thomas, Manordeilo, Carmarthenshire.

Bread

The Recipe

You will need

  • two pounds plain flour
  • quarter teaspoonful salt
  • quarter teaspoonful sugar
  • one ounce dried yeast
  • a little warm milk
  • a little warm water

Method

  1. Sift the flour, sugar and salt into a warm bowl. 
  2. Soften the yeast in a little warm water and put aside for a few minutes until it becomes frothy. 
  3. Then pour the yeasted water into the flour and mix the dough gradually, adding warm milk as needed and kneading well until soft in texture. 
  4. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for approximately one and a half hours.
  5. Divide the dough and shape into round, flat loaves – do not make them too thick. 
  6. Bake on both sides on a moderately hot bakestone.

Crymych, Pembrokeshire.

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Morwen Rowlands
21 August 2021, 19:00
Dw i'n cofio clywed am fara planc yn Llanycefn Sir Benfro pan wên i'n blentyn nôl yn y 50au. Diolch am y riset. Dw i'n mynd i fentro ei ddilyn gan fod 'da fi rhywbeth tebyg i blanc lle dw i'n neud cace bach - Welsh cakes. Ai fflŵr 'cryf' dylwn i ei ddefnyddio neu fflŵr cyffredin plaen?