Baking Bread

[lemonkettaz]

How do you do it properly>?

Mine has come out stodgy and rock hard on top twice?

Any good guides someone can throw at me?

Cheers

 

[lemonkettaz]

Oh right, i got strong flour

The yeast i just got from a fridge in blocks from a supermarket.

The kneading process was where i thought i failed tbh, not enough it seems. I did get a better result by covering it up half way through cooking... but not that better tbh, still a bit stodgy.

I mixed the yeast and sugar in warm water before adding to the flour? is that a good idea or wrong?

Also im not convinced by the way i left it to double in size, do i need a warm place? or is room temp ok? I left it for about an hour before cooking.