Welcome to our website! To help us manage the unprecedented levels of demand we have implemented some temporary measures to our online shop.
DELIVERIES MAY TAKE UP TO 7 WORKING DAYS TO DISPATCH
To read more about Shipton Mill and our flours click the "Close" button at the bottom of this page.
We have split our shop in to two separate parts, to help us to get your order to you more quickly. Should you want to order both large sacks and small bags please use the flour direct shop.
The Flour Direct Shop continues as before, listing our range of flours both in small 1.0kg bags and the larger 25kg and 16kg sacks.
The new Sack Shop, only sells our range of 16kg and 25kg sacks of flour.
For these unusual times we are running a system of delivery slots for each shop. To start shopping, you need to have a delivery slot.
Delivery slots are released throughout the day, although due to the demand it can be difficult to get one. Please bear with us. If you would like to place an order, please follow the below steps:
IMPORTANT - please note:
Whilst not ideal, these measures allow us to keep delivering a steady flow of flour to as many people as possible. We are sorry we can’t take everyone’s order, and we are doing our very best. For any urgent queries not answered below, please contact us on enquiries@shipton-mill.com.
For our Micro bakeries and community bakeries who are striving to feed the community, we will continue to offer your full range of flours, please call the Mill on 01666 505050 and speak with Rebekah or Louise if you cannot order what you need though the website.
Thank you for bearing with us during this difficult time, we are very grateful for all your support. We hope you are all keeping safe and well and we are excited to be able to help get you and the family baking at home.
The Shipton Millers
Delivery slots are not released at a set time.
The slots are released throughout the day to prevent the website from crashing. When we have hit our maximum capacity for what we can pack and despatch that day we stop releasing the slots. The next batch of slots is released upon completion of the previous.
This system, whilst not ideal, enables us to keep the online shop open and ensures we do not have to close the shop again to clear any backlog.
We are not able to bypass the website ordering system or accept orders through social media. We are very sorry if you have not been able to get a slot yet, please keep trying. We hope as Supermarkets get back into stock with flour, pressure on our site will reduce and we will be able to send out your order much more swiftly.
We are releasing a fresh batch of orders every day, throughout each day, to our maximum capacity. We are very sorry if you have not been able to get a slot, but we are unable to take a larger amount of daily orders at present while remaining open at the same time.
Please do keep checking back as more slots will be released every day going forwards. The demand has been so high we are not able to get to everyone, but we are doing our best to make sure we get flour to as many people as possible.
We are also working on increasing our capacity in the next two weeks to allow us to take more orders which should mean it will become easier to obtain a slot.
Slots are released every day, in batches, until we hit our capacity for what we can pack and despatch that day. If you don’t get a slot one day, please do try again the next.
Our online shop is open, but with the above queuing system in place. This prevents the website from crashing and filters orders through at a rate we are able to pack and despatch until we hit capacity for that day.
If you can’t see any order slots it does not mean we have closed, there will just be a wait time until we have completed the previous batch of orders to release more slots.
Door sales are once again up and running please call in advance to arrange collection. 01666 505050.
We have not closed, please do check back as more order slots will be made available as soon as we have completed the previous batch.
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The Makings of Something Magnificent
Our inspiration is to help our customers make something magnificent.
Our Home Baking website aims to help you to find your inspiration.
The Makings of Something Magnificent
Our inspiration is to help our customers make something magnificent.
Our Home Baking website aims to help you to find your inspiration.
Slightly sweetened softer sourdough bread. It is delicious at any time of day just with butter. Add jam and it is almost a brioche. Slices beautifully for sandwiches. If any is left it makes a wonderful bread & butter pudding.
Ingredients
200g sourdough starter which has been fed the day before
60 grams warm water
3 large eggs
10g salt
60g vegetable oil
60g honey
400g bread flour
Oven Gas mark 4, 350°F, 180°C or 170°C fan
Method
Beat together the water, eggs, salt, oil, and honey by hand or using dough hooks on a mixer until salt is dissolved, & the ingredients are well mixed.
Mix the flour in all in one go which is easier using dough hooks.
Then mix in the starter until the dough is smooth (do not knead) If it is too loose add a little more flour, or too dry to mix add a little more water.
Place the dough in a clean bowl and cover with a damp tea towel & leave for 2 hours to autolyse.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
To make 1 large loaf:
Divide the dough into 6 equal portions & roll into even length long strips. Place the strips on the baking sheet and plait. There are lots of videos on YouTube showing how to plait or braid a six.
Pinch the ends together and tuck under.
To make 4 small loaves as in my picture.
Divide the dough into 4 equal portions, & divide each portion into 3. Roll 12 even length long strips. Place 3 strips on the baking sheet and plait. Pinch the ends together and tuck under. Repeat 3 more times until all 4 small loaves have been plaited.
Either size
Cover with a damp tea towel or cling film and let it proof until tripled in size, about 5-8 hours, depending on the temperature on where it is left or overnight. It will be fully proofed when you can gently dent it with your finger and the dough springs back.
Glaze with milk or water or with beaten egg for a glossy finish.
After the first 15 minutes (small loaves) or 25 minutes (large loaf) of baking, rotate the loaf around so it bakes evenly. Bake for 30 to 50 minutes depending on size, until well browned.
Added by: Baker Ros
Bread Proving Basket - Small/Large Oval
Bread Proving Basket - Small/Large Round
Sourdough Starter Crackers
Sourdough for starters
Seeded sourdough
Rustic White Sourdough
Sandwich sourdough loafIf you add a recipe with a photo to the Shipton Mill website, we will send you a voucher for 15% off your next order from the Flour Direct shop.
It's very easy, just click here to visit your "My Shipton Mill" page to get started.
Good news, we are taking orders again, after clearing the initial backlog.
Levels of demand are still unbelievably high and we can only fulfil a finite number of orders each day. Please click here to find out more ...
Community bakeries and micro-bakeries can call us directly on 01666 505050 to place orders.
Keep safe and well
The Shipton Millers