Cotswold Flour News & Baking Tips
Meet our amazing Star Bakers of the Week, find useful baking tips and tricks and read the latest news from Bertie Matthews and the Cotswold Flour Mill
Matthews Cotswold Flour, Britain’s leading speciality flour producer, is eagerly anticipating Real Bread Week (17th-25th February 2024) and hoping...
Whether you’re a busy parent or an avid baker, batch baking is a popular technique used to save time...
Our rye flour is a premium product that comes from generations of experience and passion. We work with local and...
How to make a simple sourdough bread loaf for beginners with step-by-step instructions including making a starter. You can also...
How to make bread - white and brown loaves by hand using your oven and in bread maker Homemade bread...
How to make pastry for pies Pies can be sweet or savoury, and can be made with shortcrust or puff...
For me, a pie is all about the pastry! It has to be perfect and needs to hold up...
If you’re a committed foodie or pizza pro, you might have an Ooni pizza oven at home. It’s such...
Yeast conversion table for fresh yeast, dry yeast and instant yeast is below. What is yeast? Yeast is a tiny...
How many grams are in a teaspoon? There is no ‘one answer’ to how many grams are in a teaspoon...
We prepared an easy conversion table for translating US imperial weights (lbs and oz) into European metric kilograms and grams....
One of the most important steps of baking bread is kneading - but what is kneading and which method is...
If you would like to add flavour and texture to your bread making, plus getting the added benefits of increasing...
TRADITIONAL ARTISAN WHITE (HAND METHOD) INGREDIENTS:1 pack Artisan White bread mix 270ml water2tbsp olive oil YOU WILL ALSO NEED:A stand mixer...
What is a cup measurement in the UK? A cup measurement is a cooking measurement of volume in the US....
When cooking from a recipe you may need to convert your temperature from celcius to farenheit depending on if you...
Every baker knows that bread flour can be used to make great pizza dough. When making pizza dough, you need...
Do you love the taste of freshly baked bread but haven't had much success making it at home? Malt flour...
Sourdough starter tips: Consistency is key! Keep notes on each feeding including the time and amounts so you don’t accidentally...
“Ancient grains have fascinated bakers across the globe. These old varieties of grain with their unique unmodified genitive profile are...
Cotswold Flour - Baking Resources styleBaking tips and questions for our professional bakers Glossary All Purpose Flour All Purpose...
Rye is one of the most traditional types of bread, but it is becoming increasingly popular. If you are looking...
The spookiest month of the year is here and we want to share with you our favourite Halloween baking recipes....
Organic flour is a commonly used flour for baking brilliant goods such as pastries, biscuits or scones, and it is even...
This starter is all-natural and, if properly tended, it will provide wonderful yeasty bread for years. If you enjoy the...
When it comes to storing bread, you have a whole lot of choices. Some are better than others, depending on...
Granary is a registered trade name of Rank Hovis Ltd. It is used to describe their malted wheat grain flour,...
Starch and sugar is what microbes feed on. Glutinous flours, such as Churchill Flour or our Strong White Bread Flour combined with spelt flour, rye flour and wholemeal...
Summer is finally here and we’re seeing the end of the pandemic! It’s a terrific time and we want to...
Plain flour is one the most versatile flour types available in the market because you can use plain flour for a...
read flour is a type of wheat flour that’s rich in calcium carbonate, iron, niacin (B3), and thiamin (B1). Strong...
Online shopping isn’t applicable to only retail or professional services but also food. With the continued improvement of web technology...
Thank you for all of our brilliant flour heroes across the world for continuing producing beautiful “white gold” during the...
This is the month of love and we’re ecstatic to celebrate Valentine’s Day with all of our team members, customers,...
February has three special baking dates. One pancake day on Shrove Tuesday, one is the lovely Valentine’s Day and the...
The instructions in this recipe are for making pizza dough using a “Stand/Spiral Mixer”. If you haven’t got a mixer...
How did your love for making pizza begin? I’ve always loved pizza for as long as I can remember, but...
Happy January! We’re super excited to start the New Year as well as celebrate Veganuary! We’ve researched and come up...
Happy 2021! We’re excited to enter the New Year and have a fresh new start! To kick off New Year,...
Our favourite season of the year is finally here! It’s the perfect time to eat all the treats you want...
With the festive and lovely holiday season coming up, it’s a brilliant time to spend time with our loved ones...
With a wide variety of exceptional baking flour available on the market, choosing the right flour for the type of bread you...
Holiday season is just around the corner and there’s no better way to enjoy the company of your family and...
Happy Autumn! We’re excited about entering this beautiful season and enjoying the lovely breeze, vibrant colours, and views it brings!...
1. Get to know your sourdough starter well Over the course of 2 weeks feed your starter every day twice,...
A sourdough bread recipe consists of four main ingredients: Flour Water Salt Wild yeast Before digging into details on how...
Rye contains a myriad of core vitamins and minerals such as potassium and manganese. Moreover, rye has a lower gluten...
Cake flour is a flour that is incredibly finely milled from soft winter wheat. Cake flour has a lower protein content,...
What’s spelt? Spelt is a type of digestible ancient grain that’s a primitive relative to wheat. Spelt is often referred...
When you browse through our online flour store, you can see that we carry a variety of flour for different types...
For the past two years, Matthews Cotswold Flour has been a strong supporter of documentary film Six Inches of Soil, which had...
Following the news that 90% of UK Adults aren’t getting enough fibre in their diet, Matthews Cotswold Flour is joining...
We are delighted to announce that our friends at The Friendly Loaf Bakery in Nowton, near Bury St Edmunds, have just...
In this series Elaine Boddy walks us through her entire Starter Making Process. From getting the right equipment in place,...
Congratulations Amy – @nourishing.amy, you are our Star Baker of the Week! Here are some questions below for our...
Baker of the week – Mike Rosehill Sourdough Congratulations Mike – Rosehill sourdough, you’re our Star Baker of the week!...
Congratulations Sam, @south_african_baker, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering some questions for our Cotswold Flour...
Congratulations Charlotte, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering some questions for our Cotswold Flour Baking...
Congratulations @beobopbakes – you are our baker of the week!Thanks so much for taking the time to answer these questions...
Congratulations Egle Loit – @darlingitspasta, you are our Star Baker of the Week! Here are some questions below for our...
Congratulations Iona on becoming our baker of the week. Here are some questions for our baking club: 1. How and...
Congratulations Emily, you are our star Baker of the Week! Please see some questions below for our baking club: We...
Congratulations @Baked.by.Alice you are our star baker of the week! Here are some questions for our Matthews Cotswold Flour Baking Club:...
Congratulations Clara the Biscuite Queen, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering our questions for the...
Congratulations Susie from The Cotswolds Baking Workshop, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering our questions for...
Congratulations on being our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering some questions for our baking club: 1. You...
Congratulations Amanda – you are our star baker of the week! We have really enjoyed your sourdough journey so far & your wonderful cake baking! How did you...
Congratulations Kat you are our star baker of the week! Thank you for taking some time to answer our questions. How did you first get into baking?...
Baker of the week – Elaine Foodbod Congratulations to elaine foodbod, our amazing sourdough baker of the week! Where did...
Baker of the week – Scott’s Pizza Project Congratulations Scott, you are our Matthews Cotswold Flour Baker of the week!...
Baker of the week – Bonnie Arpino 1. What is your signature bake? Bagels. My cheesy Red Leicester topped bagels...
Baker of the week – Andrew Weston 1. What is your signature bake? WWW by Banjo’s Bread – A triple blend of...
1. Did you always want to be a miller? How did you get into the role? To be honest, it...
Baker of the week – Robert Allen We love to see your bakes and now we’re launching our Baker of...
For the past two years, Matthews Cotswold Flour has been a strong supporter of documentary film Six Inches of Soil, which had...
Following the news that 90% of UK Adults aren’t getting enough fibre in their diet, Matthews Cotswold Flour is joining...
We are delighted to announce that our friends at The Friendly Loaf Bakery in Nowton, near Bury St Edmunds, have just...
In this series Elaine Boddy walks us through her entire Starter Making Process. From getting the right equipment in place,...
Congratulations Amy – @nourishing.amy, you are our Star Baker of the Week! Here are some questions below for our...
Baker of the week – Mike Rosehill Sourdough Congratulations Mike – Rosehill sourdough, you’re our Star Baker of the week!...
Congratulations Sam, @south_african_baker, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering some questions for our Cotswold Flour...
Congratulations Charlotte, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering some questions for our Cotswold Flour Baking...
Congratulations @beobopbakes – you are our baker of the week!Thanks so much for taking the time to answer these questions...
Congratulations Egle Loit – @darlingitspasta, you are our Star Baker of the Week! Here are some questions below for our...
Congratulations Iona on becoming our baker of the week. Here are some questions for our baking club: 1. How and...
Congratulations Emily, you are our star Baker of the Week! Please see some questions below for our baking club: We...
Congratulations @Baked.by.Alice you are our star baker of the week! Here are some questions for our Matthews Cotswold Flour Baking Club:...
Congratulations Clara the Biscuite Queen, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering our questions for the...
Congratulations Susie from The Cotswolds Baking Workshop, you are our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering our questions for...
Congratulations on being our Baker of the Week! Thank you for answering some questions for our baking club: 1. You...
Congratulations Amanda – you are our star baker of the week! We have really enjoyed your sourdough journey so far & your wonderful cake baking! How did you...
Congratulations Kat you are our star baker of the week! Thank you for taking some time to answer our questions. How did you first get into baking?...
Baker of the week – Elaine Foodbod Congratulations to elaine foodbod, our amazing sourdough baker of the week! Where did...
Baker of the week – Scott’s Pizza Project Congratulations Scott, you are our Matthews Cotswold Flour Baker of the week!...
Baker of the week – Bonnie Arpino 1. What is your signature bake? Bagels. My cheesy Red Leicester topped bagels...
Baker of the week – Andrew Weston 1. What is your signature bake? WWW by Banjo’s Bread – A triple blend of...
1. Did you always want to be a miller? How did you get into the role? To be honest, it...
Baker of the week – Robert Allen We love to see your bakes and now we’re launching our Baker of...