Reader Susan M. kindly sent us her favorite bread recipe:
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 tsp. dry yeast
- 3 1/2 cup flour (or substitute 2 1/2 c. bread flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour or whatever flours you like; rye, wheat germ, plain AP)
- 1 1/4 cup milk (reconstituted nonfat dry milk works)
- 1/4 lb. butter (or shortening)
- 1/4 c. sugar (or honey)
- 1 T. molasses
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 egg
Directions
- Heat milk, honey, butter, salt until shortening begins to melt (115-120 degrees).
- In large bowl, comine 2 cups flours, with yeast. Mix well with wet ingredients.
- Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough. Kneed for approximately 10 min.
- Let rise until double. Punch down and shape into whatever you need. I often make smaller rolls and then make hamburger buns shape on the same baking pan.
- Let rise again until double in size.
- Brush tops with butter if you choose and bake at 400 degrees for approximately 12-15 minutes.
Notes
This dough can be used with more sweetener for sweet rolls, as is for crescent rolls, or with less sugar and more salt for a French type loaf, it can also be made in a loaf pan, but I find making sandwich buns easier than cutting a loaf. A favorite of my kids was putting bacon pieces, cooked with onions and dark mustard, and horseradish
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