Self Rising Flour Bread Recipe

"My bread shall be the anguish of my mind" ~ Edmund Spenser.

Most of the people around the world, have at least once in their lifetime, eaten a loaf of bread. What is bread? Bread is a food product produced from flour and other leaving agents, kneaded and shaped into loaves. These loaves are baked into breads. Flour is a fine powder of various cereals and grains or even roots. From many civilizations, bread the staple food of many cultures is prepared from flour. Wheat flour is the main ingredient of bread in many European style breads and pastries. In America, maize flour has been the main ingredient in many Mesoamerican cuisines. Read more on other food recipes.

The most common bread produced in Europe and America is the raised bread. It is made of wheat or rye and contains protein substance gluten. During leavening, gluten traps gas produced by fermentation and makes the bread rise. This basic bread recipe contains flour, water and yeast as the only ingredients. Today, there are many commercially produced flour and salt mixtures available that contain a leavening agent. These are known as self-rising flour and bread produced from it is known as self rising flour bread. The following self rising flour recipe will help you make self rising flour bread at home.

Homemade Self Raising Flour Recipe
Ingredients

• 4 c. all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoon double acting baking powder

Method of Preparation

Mix all ingredients together and store in a tightly sealed jar. Use your homemade self rising flour in recipes calling for self-rising flour.

Banana and Mango Bread Self Raising Flour Bread Recipe
Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1¼ cup brown sugar (packed)
• 3 large eggs
• 3 cups self-rising flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1½ cup mashed ripe bananas
• 1 small, ripe, peeled and pureed mango
• 1 cup golden raisins
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Method of Preparation

In a bowl, cream the butter with sugar until fluffy and beat in eggs, one at a time, until the ingredients have incorporated. In another bowl, combine self-raising flour with salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a third bowl, combine mashed bananas with mango puree. Alternately, mix the dry ingredients and banana mixture, into the creamed mixture until batter is just combined; fold in raisins and nuts. Pour batter into 2 greased 8½ by 4½ inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 ºF for 50 - 60 minutes or until cake tester inserted in the center test is done. Leave the bread in the pan for 10 minutes. Then, remove form loaf pans and let it cool on racks. Your self rising flour bread recipe with bananas and mango is ready.

Cheddar - Dill Self Raising Flour Bread Recipe
Ingredients

• 2 cups self-rising flour
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 cup Cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons dill weed
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk

Method of Preparation

In a large bowl combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter, so that it becomes crumbly and stir in the cheese and dill into it. In a small bowl, beat egg and milk and pour into dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Pour the batter into a greased 8 x 4 x 2 loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes or until bread tests done. Leave the bread in the pan for 10 minutes. Then, remove form loaf pans and let cool on racks. Your self rising flour bread recipe with cheddar and dill is ready.

Cherry - Banana Self Raising Flour Bread Recipe
Ingredients

• 2 overripe bananas
• 1/3 cup butter, soft
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 2 cups self-rising flour

Method of Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 ºF. In a large bowl mash bananas and add butter, sugar, eggs and honey. Mix well. Mix in the mashed bananas, dried cherries, raisins or nuts. Immediately mix in the self-rising flour. Grease 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inch bread pan. Add batter into greased bread pan and bake at 325 ºF for 1 hour or until done. Leave the bread in the pan for 10 minutes. Then, remove form loaf pans and let it cool on racks. Your self rising flour bread recipe with cherry and banana is ready. Serve warm or cold. (If you want to freeze the bread, let it cool completely and then wrap it up and place it in the freezer). Know more on banana recipes.

These are a few self rising flour bread recipes. This highly sustaining food product is very easy and quick to make at home. Enjoy a warm loaf of bread for your meals - breakfast, lunch or dinner, that is freshly baked in your kitchen. I would say, there is no other aroma that would incite the feeling of hunger like the freshly baked self rising flour bread, one of mankind's greatest invention.