Fast Yeast Bread
Source of Recipe
Glennis
List of Ingredients
3 cups warm water (105-110 degrees)
1/4 cup sugar or honey
5 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons yeast
9-10 cups flour
5 teaspoons salt
Recipe
Mix water, sugar or honey, oil and yeast in a large mixing bowl. Stir until yeast is dissolved. Allow to stand at room temperature for about minutes. Beat 3 cups of flour into the yeast mixture. Continue beating until mixture becomes glue-like. Add salt and remaining flour (as much as the bread will absorb). Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough until it is smooth and no longer sticky. Place in a oiled bowl and cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled. Because there is a lot of yeast in this bread, it will rise fairly quickly. Punch dough down to release air. Knead about 10 times. Shape into two loaves and place in greased loaf pans. Cover and let rise again (will rise faster the second time). Bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
*This is a good basic bread recipe. By now, you all know I play with food (my mother would laugh!)... Here are some of the things I do with this recipe!
**Wheat bread: During the final addition of flour, substitute 3 cups whole wheat flour and use honey instead of sugar. You can use molasses too, but expect the dough to be a darker color.
**Super Bread: Substitute low fat milk for the water and heat the milk to 105-110 degrees. Stir in 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder. During the final addition of flour, use 1 cup soy flour and 2 cups whole wheat flour.
**Whole grain breads: I've added all of these at one time or another: 1/2 cup wheat berries soaked overnight in warm water; 1/2 cup mixed grain (9 or 12 grain) cereal soaked overnight; 1/2 cup sunflower seed kernels. Mix in the grains when you're beating the dough to make it sticky
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