Cotswold Flour Recipes

Einkorn is the oldest of the ancient grains. It is a fine soft flour, so in this recipe I have...

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.

A delicious sourdough loaf using our award winning Cotswold Crunch!

Cheese and bread is such a classic combination, and brings this loaf alive with flavour as well as the joy of melted cheese....

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...

Cotswold Crunch Crisp Breads. I eat mine with just some salted butter - simple and delicious!

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...

A delicious cereal loaf made with a mix of our Regeneratively Farmed Traditional Strong White Bread Flour and the best selling Organic Cotswold Crunch.

A brilliant loaf using a mix of our Cotswold Strong White and Eight Grain flours.

A recipe from the Bake-a-long live with Marc Elliot from Great British Bake off and Bertie Matthews.

A Cobb bloomer made with our Organic Strong White Bread Flour.

Combining two of our favourite ingredients into a delicious cheesy, crispy bacon soda bread.

Who said sourdough has to be savoury? Why not try adding in some chocolate...

A work of art! A perfect Pumpkin Sourdough Loaf ready for Halloween.

Enjoy fresh with a chunk of cheddar or toasted with melted butter!

A masterpiece sourdough with our Strong White and Maizebite Cotswold Flour

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. 

You could partition your dough into 70g balls of dough (ideal for sandwich rolls)...

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!

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....

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...

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. 

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 brilliant sourdough rolls recipe using our new Stoneground Malted Cotswold Rye flour.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Serves 8 Prep time: 10 mins, plus 30 mins for chilling  Bake time: 1 hour Flour used: Maizebite Method: Add...

Serves 16 Prep time: 15 mins, plus 40 mins for chilling and decorating  Bake time: 35 mins  Flour used: Self...

Serves 12 Prep time: 20 mins, plus 30 mins chilling  Bake time: 12 mins Flour used: Plain Method: Add the...

Prep time: 20 mins, plus 10 mins to decorate Bake time: 15 mins  Makes: 12-14 slices Flour used: oat blended...

Preparation time: 15 mins, plus 5 mins to decorate Baking time: 30 mins Makes: 10-12 slices  Flour used: plain flour...

Serves 12-14 Prep time: 10 mins Bake time: 35 mins  Flour used: Self Raising  Method: In a large mixing bowl...

A gorgeous Carrot and Almond Cake with Vanilla Mascarpone frosting. A perfect dessert to celebrate with friends and family this Easter.

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.

An Easter Treat! Homemade Hot Cross Buns using our Churchill Strong White Bread Flour.

Zesty cupcakes with lemon curd frosting and a slice of lime! So tasty, they won't last long...

Pour the water into a medium saucepan, add the butter and salt and heat until the butter has melted...

Grease and line two 7 inches round tins. Put the malted flour in a food processor, blend it and set aside...

A beautiful bundt cake with edible rose petals.

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....

Easy and delicious vanilla cupcake recipe with Cotswold Self Raising Flour from See Yen Bakes...

A delicious Christmas classic... the festive chocolate yule log with a dash of brandy!

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.

Kick off your festivities with a classic, gooey chocolate brownie that has a scrumptious and seasonal eggnog cheesecake filling swirled into it...

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.

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.

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.

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!

Watch our baking video to see how to make this light and fluffy, Summer Eton Mess cake - perfect for Wimbledon!

Maizebite Chocolate Pies - makes 6.

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. 

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.

Thank you to Marc from GBBO for this delicious recipe! To see more, please visit him on Instagram: @marc_o_bakes

Decorate with your desired Buttercream with open star tip (1M) and French tip (6B) to achieve a pumpkin shape...

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.

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!

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...

Salted caramel, white & milk chocolate and shortbread all in a delicious tart.

Drizzle icing over these mini cakes and sprinkle with the reserved lemon zest to decorate and enjoy! 

Light choux pastry, filled with whipped cream, a drizzle of salted caramel sauce and topped with melted Caramac gold chocolate...

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!

   Ingredients 90g Soft butter 150g Caster sugar 2 whole egg 2 large bananas ( overripe, the mushier the better...

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...

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...

Warm your milk to finger temperature, add your yeast and 2 tbsp of the sugar and dissolve...

White, milk & dark chocolate brownies with raspberries - watch our video to see how to bake! 

A zesty lemon tart made with our best selling Maizebite pastry flour and served with confit lemon slices.

Watch our baking video to see how to make these really easy blueberry muffins! 

A rich dark chocolate with chocolate ganache and homemade mini eggs.

A mouth watering coffee bundt cake decorated with coffee icing and roasted walnuts.

Delicious individual cakes with Rodda's clotted cream and raspberries & blueberries.

Serves 6-8 Prep time: 10 mins Cooking time: 20 mins  Baking time: 20 mins Flour used: Italian 00 Method: Put...

Makes 1 Prep time: 10-15 mins, plus proving time Bake time: 15-20 mins Flour used: Heritage Bibury Barley Method :...

This is a wonderful fruit galette that can be made with any seasonal fruit. Try rhubarb, strawberries, plums, apples, for example.

Delicious cheese scones by by Susie at The Cotswolds Baking Workshop.

Homemade ravioli with garlic sage butter and our Tipo 00 flour makes an excellent dinner for two.

An excellent easy dinner recipe! Chicken and mushroom pie using Cotswold Plain Flour.

We absolutely love this bacon and fried egg naan pizza from the Pizza Pilot!

Experiment with your pizza toppings with this tuna & buffalo mozzarella pizza recipe.

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!

An amazing three cheese and pepperoni calzone recipe from Scott's Pizza Project.

Focaccia with cherry tomatoes, garlic, rosemary and blue cheese.

Full flavour rolls using Elaine's enriched master sourdough recipe combined with a mix of delicious ingredients.

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 are small, round griddled breads that are thin with a spongy texture -commonly enjoyed for breakfast! 

It might not be for everyone, but we're here for it! Scotts pizza project festive brussel sprout, bacon and cranberry pizza...