As a child, I always loved adding food colouring to everything I baked, from pancakes to cupcakes and now bread. This is a fun, different idea that is sure to impress kids of any age.

Rainbow bread would make a fun addition to any child's lunch box.

Step 1: Collect Ingredients

- 330 ml lukewarm water

- 1 teaspoon sugar

- 11 grams dry active yeast

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 12 grams oil

- 500 grams white bread flour

- Food Colouring

Step 2: Prove the Yeast

Once you have 330 ml of lukewarm water, add and dissolve 1 teaspoon of sugar into it and pour in the yeast. Allow this to sit for 15 minutes until the top is foamy.

Step 3: Add Oil and Salt to the Yeast

Add 12 g of oil and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the proved yeast and mix it in.

Step 4: Mix the Yeast With the Flour

Measure 500g of flour in a bowl and add the yeast mix to this flour. To mix these two together and create my dough I used an electric beater, with a dough hook. Turn to speed "1" for 2 minutes.

Step 5: Colouring the Dough

Separate the dough into three even parts, place each part in a separate bowl. Add your desired colour and amount of food colouring to the dough.

I ended up adding 1/4 teaspoon of food colouring, to receive the vibrant solid colours that I got.

Once you have added the food colouring, mix the dough in the electric beater on speed "2" for 4 minutes.

Repeat this for all three colours of dough.

Step 6: Leave to Rise

Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, and cover it with glad wrap. Leave the dough to prove for 1 hour at room temperature. Allow it to rise until it is twice its original size.

Preferably a large bowl as I found that the dough rose larger than the bowl and stuck to the glad wrap.