Ingredients

Flour, water, salt, and yeast

That's right.  Only four ingredients are necessary to make a good, light, tasty loaf of bread.

Wheat, rye, and spelt flour all contain the type of gluten that acts like a balloon and traps the CO2 created by the yeast as it eats the flour and drinks the water, causing the bread to rise.  Some people are allergic to gluten and have to have gluten free bread.  They can either have flour in which the gluten has been replaced by xanthene gum (something needs to be the balloon) or they can have bread made with gluten free flour like maize, buckwheat, rice, or chick pea.

Take one of our courses and you will also learn more about flour - it's the main event in bread afterall.  The more you know about flour the more informed your choices will be when it comes to baking or buying your bread.