Farmer bread refers to bread made using traditional techniques, shaped like a cross cut into a round cake. This was the most common form of bread throughout European history. The bread can be white or brown.

The cross bun in the picture

The bread shape that is still widely made in the Middle Ages needs to be baked at a high temperature of 350°. Butter needs to be added when kneading the dough, and after fermentation Make it into a hemisphere, cut out a cross on the top, and bake it in the oven for 20 minutes

Medieval people baked bread

The diameter is 20-30 cm

The taste is Butter is salty, has a powdery texture, and has a certain hardness

In addition to using bread as food, people in the Middle Ages often used it as a plate, just like the old wooden plates, and the bread would be cut into flat and thick slices . Other items like meat or rich sauces are then placed on the bread. When the meat was eaten, the bread was also eaten. This is still a special delicacy in Sweden.