Simple Bread
2 1/4 cups lukewarm water
2 Tbls yeast: active dry yeast
2 Tbls honey
2 tsp salt
5 cups flour (6-7 cups if making white bread only) "bread flour" works great
* wheat bread = 5 cups wheat flour 1 cup white flour
combine water and yeast. let stand for 5 minutes. Add honey, salt and oil. Add flour and knead 10 min.
(5 minutes if using a stand mixer) until smooth and elastic. let rise until double (about 45 minutes)
punch down, shape into 2 loaves, places in greased bread pans. let rise an additional 30 minutes.
bake at 350 d. for 20-30 minutes till lovely and your kitchen smells delightful.
I got this recipe from Lyndsay. I'm trying all sorts of breads and this one was easy and delicious.
Thanks for sharing! I'm going to make this in a few hours and will let you know how it turns out :)
ReplyDeletePS. How much oil do I put in.. you left that out of the recipe?