Cotswold Flour Recipes
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Emmer and honey sandwich loaf
Oat crusted einkorn master loaf
Einkorn is the oldest of the ancient grains. It is a fine soft flour, so in this recipe I have...
Khorasan and Golden Flaxseeds Baby Master Loaf
Khorasan adds a nutty flavor to any loaf. If used alone, this flour would create a dense loaf, so it is ideal paired with a lighter flour, as it is here. This creates a smooth, tactile dough to work with and a lovely tasty loaf.
Cotswold Crunch Sourdough
A delicious sourdough loaf using our award winning Cotswold Crunch!
Elaine's Cheese and Chile Master Loaf
Cheese and bread is such a classic combination, and brings this loaf alive with flavour as well as the joy of melted cheese....
Orkney Bere-Barley with Cotswold Eight Grain
The Bere-Barley from Orkney has been a bit of a discovery for me this year. It’s an ancient cereal which was spread across Europe in Neolithic times by the first farmers, and is still harvested nowadays...
Crisp Breads
Cotswold Crunch Crisp Breads. I eat mine with just some salted butter - simple and delicious!
Focaccia
Focaccia is one of the most popular and certainly most loved baked goods in Italy. Practically every region has its own: they are all different but united by simple nutrients, and tradition...
Cotswold Crunch Bloomer
A delicious cereal loaf made with a mix of our Regeneratively Farmed Traditional Strong White Bread Flour and the best selling Organic Cotswold Crunch.
Cranberry Walnut Loaf
A brilliant loaf using a mix of our Cotswold Strong White and Eight Grain flours.
Marc’s Cotswold Crunch Cider Buns
A recipe from the Bake-a-long live with Marc Elliot from Great British Bake off and Bertie Matthews.
Cobb Roll
A Cobb bloomer made with our Organic Strong White Bread Flour.
Bacon & Cheddar Soda Bread
Combining two of our favourite ingredients into a delicious cheesy, crispy bacon soda bread.
Orange and Dark Chocolate Sourdough
Who said sourdough has to be savoury? Why not try adding in some chocolate...
Pumpkin Sourdough Loaf
A work of art! A perfect Pumpkin Sourdough Loaf ready for Halloween.
Alex's Muesli loaf
Enjoy fresh with a chunk of cheddar or toasted with melted butter!
Strong White Maizebite Sourdough
A masterpiece sourdough with our Strong White and Maizebite Cotswold Flour
Elaine Foodbod's Enriched Master Sourdough Recipe
We love partnering with our amazing Elaine Foodbod Sourdough and are very excited to share this amazing recipe! For more great tips, please visit her website or join her Facebook group.
Robert Allan's Bread
You could partition your dough into 70g balls of dough (ideal for sandwich rolls)...
Sourdough Starter
Creating a sourdough starter is quite straight forward, it will usually take a week or two to establish, requiring about 5-10 minutes attention each day… but it’s totally worth it!
Honeyed Wholemeal Loaf
This recipe makes two good sized loaves infused with raw local honey to compliment the stoneground wholemeal flour without making it too sweet – see Tips....
Chocolate Sourdough
The day before baking, in the morning, mix the active starter with water and stir to combine. Add strong white flour, cocoa powder, and sugar and mix until fully incorporated...
Wychwood Oat Blended Flour Baby Sourdough Loaf
This recipe makes a tasty soft loaf, with a slight chew from the oats in this lovely new flour. The mix starts off slightly sloppy but comes together to make a firm dough as the flour and oats absorb the water and the handling builds up structure.
Heritage Bibury Barley Oat Crusted Sourdough
I love adding an oat crust to loaves, the oats toast as the loaf bakes, and added to the beautiful flour, this produces a loaf full of flavour. You can use the method in this recipe to add oats to any of your loaves.
Elaine's Malted Cotswold Rye Sourdough Rolls
Elaine's brilliant sourdough rolls recipe using our new Stoneground Malted Cotswold Rye flour.
Ancient Cotswold Crunch and Churchill Sourdough
The new Ancient Cotswold Crunch brings together to brilliance of Matthews Cotswold Crunch with emmer, einkorn and spelt flours to create a tasty, wholesome, wonderful flour.
Cotswold Spelt and Rye Sourdough Sandwich Loaf
This flour produces a wonderfully tasty loaf, whether used alone or in conjunction with another flour as I have done here. The mix will be sticky and heavy and grows to a smooth firm dough, baking to a soft, slightly moist, lovely sandwich loaf.
Wychwood Oat Loaf
Baking Tip – To bring out of the rich flavours of the flours & ingredients follow this baking tip; Once the dough is made, place into a mixing...
Cotswold Crunch and Eight Grain Loaf
We hope that you enjoy making some of the recipes using Matthews Cotswold Flour. If you would like to submit your results or pictures of your bake then please email...
Asparagus and Cheddar Tart
Serves 8 Prep time: 10 mins, plus 30 mins for chilling Bake time: 1 hour Flour used: Maizebite Method: Add...
Union Jack Cake
Serves 16 Prep time: 15 mins, plus 40 mins for chilling and decorating Bake time: 35 mins Flour used: Self...
Chocolate Cream Tart Cake
Serves 12 Prep time: 20 mins, plus 30 mins chilling Bake time: 12 mins Flour used: Plain Method: Add the...
Italian Style Carrot Cake
Prep time: 20 mins, plus 10 mins to decorate Bake time: 15 mins Makes: 12-14 slices Flour used: oat blended...
Cheesy Spinach Pancakes
Serves 6-8 Prep time: 10 mins Cooking time: 20 mins Baking time: 20 mins Flour used: Italian 00 Method: Put...
Onion and Olive Focaccia
Makes 1 Prep time: 10-15 mins, plus proving time Bake time: 15-20 mins Flour used: Heritage Bibury Barley Method :...
Asparagus and Cheddar Tart
Strawberry and Rhubarb Galette
This is a wonderful fruit galette that can be made with any seasonal fruit. Try rhubarb, strawberries, plums, apples, for example.
Susie's Cheese Scones
Delicious cheese scones by by Susie at The Cotswolds Baking Workshop.
Spinach Ricotta Ravioli
Homemade ravioli with garlic sage butter and our Tipo 00 flour makes an excellent dinner for two.
Homemade Chicken Pie
An excellent easy dinner recipe! Chicken and mushroom pie using Cotswold Plain Flour.
Dishoom Bacon Naan Pizza
We absolutely love this bacon and fried egg naan pizza from the Pizza Pilot!
Sourdough Pizza with Tuna & Buffalo Mozzarella
Experiment with your pizza toppings with this tuna & buffalo mozzarella pizza recipe.
Homemade Pasta
In the south of Italy most pasta shapes are made with an egg free dough as historically eggs were expensive. Most pasta shapes can be made with a southern dough which is simply made with flour and water!
Scott's Pizza Project Calzone
An amazing three cheese and pepperoni calzone recipe from Scott's Pizza Project.
Focaccia Art
Focaccia with cherry tomatoes, garlic, rosemary and blue cheese.
Jalapeño, Chorizo and Corn Rolls
Full flavour rolls using Elaine's enriched master sourdough recipe combined with a mix of delicious ingredients.
Nduja Pizza
Nduja is a spicy, spreadable salami from southern Italy made with a mix of pork, herbs and spices including a generous hit of Calabrian chilli peppers...
Crumpets
Crumpets are small, round griddled breads that are thin with a spongy texture -commonly enjoyed for breakfast!
Brussel Sprout Pizza
It might not be for everyone, but we're here for it! Scotts pizza project festive brussel sprout, bacon and cranberry pizza...
Emmer and honey sandwich loaf
Oat crusted einkorn master loaf
Einkorn is the oldest of the ancient grains. It is a fine soft flour, so in this recipe I have...
Khorasan and Golden Flaxseeds Baby Master Loaf
Khorasan adds a nutty flavor to any loaf. If used alone, this flour would create a dense loaf, so it is ideal paired with a lighter flour, as it is here. This creates a smooth, tactile dough to work with and a lovely tasty loaf.
Cotswold Crunch Sourdough
A delicious sourdough loaf using our award winning Cotswold Crunch!
Elaine's Cheese and Chile Master Loaf
Cheese and bread is such a classic combination, and brings this loaf alive with flavour as well as the joy of melted cheese....
Orkney Bere-Barley with Cotswold Eight Grain
The Bere-Barley from Orkney has been a bit of a discovery for me this year. It’s an ancient cereal which was spread across Europe in Neolithic times by the first farmers, and is still harvested nowadays...
Crisp Breads
Cotswold Crunch Crisp Breads. I eat mine with just some salted butter - simple and delicious!
Focaccia
Focaccia is one of the most popular and certainly most loved baked goods in Italy. Practically every region has its own: they are all different but united by simple nutrients, and tradition...
Cotswold Crunch Bloomer
A delicious cereal loaf made with a mix of our Regeneratively Farmed Traditional Strong White Bread Flour and the best selling Organic Cotswold Crunch.
Cranberry Walnut Loaf
A brilliant loaf using a mix of our Cotswold Strong White and Eight Grain flours.
Marc’s Cotswold Crunch Cider Buns
A recipe from the Bake-a-long live with Marc Elliot from Great British Bake off and Bertie Matthews.
Cobb Roll
A Cobb bloomer made with our Organic Strong White Bread Flour.
Bacon & Cheddar Soda Bread
Combining two of our favourite ingredients into a delicious cheesy, crispy bacon soda bread.
Orange and Dark Chocolate Sourdough
Who said sourdough has to be savoury? Why not try adding in some chocolate...
Pumpkin Sourdough Loaf
A work of art! A perfect Pumpkin Sourdough Loaf ready for Halloween.
Alex's Muesli loaf
Enjoy fresh with a chunk of cheddar or toasted with melted butter!
Strong White Maizebite Sourdough
A masterpiece sourdough with our Strong White and Maizebite Cotswold Flour
Elaine Foodbod's Enriched Master Sourdough Recipe
We love partnering with our amazing Elaine Foodbod Sourdough and are very excited to share this amazing recipe! For more great tips, please visit her website or join her Facebook group.
Robert Allan's Bread
You could partition your dough into 70g balls of dough (ideal for sandwich rolls)...
Sourdough Starter
Creating a sourdough starter is quite straight forward, it will usually take a week or two to establish, requiring about 5-10 minutes attention each day… but it’s totally worth it!
Honeyed Wholemeal Loaf
This recipe makes two good sized loaves infused with raw local honey to compliment the stoneground wholemeal flour without making it too sweet – see Tips....
Chocolate Sourdough
The day before baking, in the morning, mix the active starter with water and stir to combine. Add strong white flour, cocoa powder, and sugar and mix until fully incorporated...
Wychwood Oat Blended Flour Baby Sourdough Loaf
This recipe makes a tasty soft loaf, with a slight chew from the oats in this lovely new flour. The mix starts off slightly sloppy but comes together to make a firm dough as the flour and oats absorb the water and the handling builds up structure.
Heritage Bibury Barley Oat Crusted Sourdough
I love adding an oat crust to loaves, the oats toast as the loaf bakes, and added to the beautiful flour, this produces a loaf full of flavour. You can use the method in this recipe to add oats to any of your loaves.
Elaine's Malted Cotswold Rye Sourdough Rolls
Elaine's brilliant sourdough rolls recipe using our new Stoneground Malted Cotswold Rye flour.
Ancient Cotswold Crunch and Churchill Sourdough
The new Ancient Cotswold Crunch brings together to brilliance of Matthews Cotswold Crunch with emmer, einkorn and spelt flours to create a tasty, wholesome, wonderful flour.
Cotswold Spelt and Rye Sourdough Sandwich Loaf
This flour produces a wonderfully tasty loaf, whether used alone or in conjunction with another flour as I have done here. The mix will be sticky and heavy and grows to a smooth firm dough, baking to a soft, slightly moist, lovely sandwich loaf.
Wychwood Oat Loaf
Baking Tip – To bring out of the rich flavours of the flours & ingredients follow this baking tip; Once the dough is made, place into a mixing...
Cotswold Crunch and Eight Grain Loaf
We hope that you enjoy making some of the recipes using Matthews Cotswold Flour. If you would like to submit your results or pictures of your bake then please email...
Asparagus and Cheddar Tart
Serves 8 Prep time: 10 mins, plus 30 mins for chilling Bake time: 1 hour Flour used: Maizebite Method: Add...
Union Jack Cake
Serves 16 Prep time: 15 mins, plus 40 mins for chilling and decorating Bake time: 35 mins Flour used: Self...
Chocolate Cream Tart Cake
Serves 12 Prep time: 20 mins, plus 30 mins chilling Bake time: 12 mins Flour used: Plain Method: Add the...
Italian Style Carrot Cake
Prep time: 20 mins, plus 10 mins to decorate Bake time: 15 mins Makes: 12-14 slices Flour used: oat blended...
Orange Blossom Bundt Cake
Preparation time: 15 mins, plus 5 mins to decorate Baking time: 30 mins Makes: 10-12 slices Flour used: plain flour...
Mocha Cake
Serves 12-14 Prep time: 10 mins Bake time: 35 mins Flour used: Self Raising Method: In a large mixing bowl...
Union Jack Pizza
Jubilee Shortbread Crowns
Italian Style Carrot Cake
A gorgeous Carrot and Almond Cake with Vanilla Mascarpone frosting. A perfect dessert to celebrate with friends and family this Easter.
Orange Blossom Bundt Cake
A mouth-watering Orange Blossom Bundt Cake with Orange Blossom Glaze! We love the little details of the chocolate mini eggs to make this a super special Easter dessert.
Hot Cross Buns
An Easter Treat! Homemade Hot Cross Buns using our Churchill Strong White Bread Flour.
Lemon and Lime Cupcakes
Zesty cupcakes with lemon curd frosting and a slice of lime! So tasty, they won't last long...
Choux Rings
Pour the water into a medium saucepan, add the butter and salt and heat until the butter has melted...
Rye and Almond Cake
Grease and line two 7 inches round tins. Put the malted flour in a food processor, blend it and set aside...
Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins
In a bowl mix your melted butter, eggs, milk, mashed bananas and your vanilla. Then in a separate bowl sift all your dry ingredients together – flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and caster sugar....
Cotswold Shortbread Recipe and Baking Video
Easy Vanilla Cupcakes with Video
Easy and delicious vanilla cupcake recipe with Cotswold Self Raising Flour from See Yen Bakes...
Christmas Yule Log
A delicious Christmas classic... the festive chocolate yule log with a dash of brandy!
Vegan Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
A soft, light and zesty muffin, that you wouldn’t even know is vegan! This plant-based bake uses our Spelt flour which contains more protein and vitamins such as B2 and magnesium.
Eggnog Cheesecake Brownies
Kick off your festivities with a classic, gooey chocolate brownie that has a scrumptious and seasonal eggnog cheesecake filling swirled into it...
White Chocolate Christmas Cake
If you’re not the biggest fan of traditional Christmas fruit cake, try this luxurious white chocolate sponge cake instead. Filled with cranberry jam and white chocolate icing, this will no doubt be a festive showstopper for your celebrations.
Christmas Chocolate Ganache Bundt Cake
A magical and truly scrumptious centrepiece for your Christmas table. Lovely made with our Organic Plain flour, this cake is super soft, rich in chocolate and infused with festive spices.
Apple Maple Cinnamon Buns
Dear autumn, we love you and all the cosy bakes that come with the season. Our Strong White Flour is the best for making these soft, sticky buns that are packed with autumnal flavours.
Chocolate Spiderweb Cake
This chocolate spiderweb cake is the ultimate Halloween treat. There are no special tricks to this bake, just our Self-Raising flour that makes it tastes so good, it’ll give you goosebumps!
Eton Mess Cake with Baking Video
Watch our baking video to see how to make this light and fluffy, Summer Eton Mess cake - perfect for Wimbledon!
Spooktacular Ghost Cupcakes
These fa-boo-lous cupcakes are perfect for getting everyone in the Halloween spirit. Using our Organic Self-Raising Flour, these rich, fluffy chocolate cakes are topped with meringue ghosts and guaranteed to cause a scream.
Miso Caramel Banana Bread
Banana bread just got the most luxurious upgrade. This loaf is oozing with miso caramel, packed with banana and uses our Organic Self-Raising Flour for the most perfect bake.
Marc's Clotted cream Blueberry Scones
Thank you to Marc from GBBO for this delicious recipe! To see more, please visit him on Instagram: @marc_o_bakes
Seeyenbakes Halloween Cupcakes
Decorate with your desired Buttercream with open star tip (1M) and French tip (6B) to achieve a pumpkin shape...
Souffle Pancakes
There’s nothing quite like a scrumptious stack of fluffy soufflé pancakes to serve up for brunch. These sweet edible clouds are made using our Organic Self-Raising Flour for the perfect texture and rise.
Tillys Plaited Cinnamon and Pecan Buns
A twist on the classic Cinnamon Bun! The bits of Malt flakes in the Cotswold Crunch add flavour, texture, and colour to this delicious bun! Have for breakfast, mid-morning snack, afternoon tea or warm it up with Ice Cream for a pudding!
London Fog Cake
The dreamy blend of Earl Grey & Vanilla essence (a.k.a London Fog) for a decadent & delicate bake. The soft sponge is infused with these flavours then doused in an Earl Grey & Vanilla syrup...
Millionaire Shortbread Tart
Salted caramel, white & milk chocolate and shortbread all in a delicious tart.
Mini Lemon Drizzle Cakes
Drizzle icing over these mini cakes and sprinkle with the reserved lemon zest to decorate and enjoy!
Salted Caramel Eclairs
Light choux pastry, filled with whipped cream, a drizzle of salted caramel sauce and topped with melted Caramac gold chocolate...
Susie’s Strawberry Streusel Cake
This is one of my favourite recipes for baking during our English strawberry season. It keeps very well for a few days and I like to enjoy it anytime of the day – even for breakfast!
Chocolate Ganache Banana Bread
Ingredients 90g Soft butter 150g Caster sugar 2 whole egg 2 large bananas ( overripe, the mushier the better...
Dutch Baby Pancake
This is a super brunch recipe that can be adapted in many ways, try filling with bacon and maple syrup as an alternative. Similar to a giant Yorkshire pudding, only sweet, these are derived from...
Chocolate Orange Eclairs
One of my all-time favourite treats is an èclair and I was lucky enough to receive a 12-hole èclair tin for my birthday...
Cardamom Buns
Warm your milk to finger temperature, add your yeast and 2 tbsp of the sugar and dissolve...
Chocolate Brownies
White, milk & dark chocolate brownies with raspberries - watch our video to see how to bake!
Lemon Tart
A zesty lemon tart made with our best selling Maizebite pastry flour and served with confit lemon slices.
Delicious Blueberry Muffins
Watch our baking video to see how to make these really easy blueberry muffins!
Coffee Walnut Cake
A mouth watering coffee bundt cake decorated with coffee icing and roasted walnuts.
Clotted Cream Cakes
Delicious individual cakes with Rodda's clotted cream and raspberries & blueberries.
Cheesy Spinach Pancakes
Serves 6-8 Prep time: 10 mins Cooking time: 20 mins Baking time: 20 mins Flour used: Italian 00 Method: Put...
Onion and Olive Focaccia
Makes 1 Prep time: 10-15 mins, plus proving time Bake time: 15-20 mins Flour used: Heritage Bibury Barley Method :...
Strawberry and Rhubarb Galette
This is a wonderful fruit galette that can be made with any seasonal fruit. Try rhubarb, strawberries, plums, apples, for example.
Spinach Ricotta Ravioli
Homemade ravioli with garlic sage butter and our Tipo 00 flour makes an excellent dinner for two.
Homemade Chicken Pie
An excellent easy dinner recipe! Chicken and mushroom pie using Cotswold Plain Flour.
Dishoom Bacon Naan Pizza
We absolutely love this bacon and fried egg naan pizza from the Pizza Pilot!
Sourdough Pizza with Tuna & Buffalo Mozzarella
Experiment with your pizza toppings with this tuna & buffalo mozzarella pizza recipe.
Homemade Pasta
In the south of Italy most pasta shapes are made with an egg free dough as historically eggs were expensive. Most pasta shapes can be made with a southern dough which is simply made with flour and water!
Scott's Pizza Project Calzone
An amazing three cheese and pepperoni calzone recipe from Scott's Pizza Project.
Jalapeño, Chorizo and Corn Rolls
Full flavour rolls using Elaine's enriched master sourdough recipe combined with a mix of delicious ingredients.
Nduja Pizza
Nduja is a spicy, spreadable salami from southern Italy made with a mix of pork, herbs and spices including a generous hit of Calabrian chilli peppers...
Crumpets
Crumpets are small, round griddled breads that are thin with a spongy texture -commonly enjoyed for breakfast!
Brussel Sprout Pizza
It might not be for everyone, but we're here for it! Scotts pizza project festive brussel sprout, bacon and cranberry pizza...