This process can be done in either a glass bowl at room temperature, the oven, a slow cooker or a proofing box. Here are four ...

but there's an interesting trick you can use to proof your bread dough a little faster during cold months. If you find that it's taking forever to rise, simply turn on your oven's internal light ...

Leave to proof again until nearly doubled ... then leave to finish proofing. Preheat the oven to 200C/190C Fan/Gas 6. Bake the bread for 25–30 minutes. The bread should be crackled on top ...

To make a proof box, cut the top and side off a cardboard box large enough to accommodate the baking sheet holding your formed loaf. Insert the box into a large plastic garbage bag, and close the bag.