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10 hearty breads to bake at home

Homemade bread is one of life's simplest pleasures.
Homemade bread is one of life's simplest pleasures.

If you'd been following the Brown Bread Baking Competition at the National Ploughing Championships this year, you've probably been craving some homemade bread.

Whether it's a humble soda loaf or a melt-in-your-mouth brioche, homemade bread is one of life's simplest pleasures, but can be intimidating for a new baker.

Here, we've up our favourite bread recipes that anyone can tackle.

Cheesy white soda loaf

Brown soda bread with stout and treacle

Mark Moriarty's brown sugar brioche

Mary Berry's Nordic seed and nut loaf

Quick and easy porridge bread

Shane Smith's Irish soda bread

Bacon and cheese soda bread

Rory O'Connell's bastible bread

Brioche garlic bread

MacNean wheaten bread