Who has a good recipe for homemade Amish bread?!
Answers:
Homemade Bread
1 pkg!. active dry yeast
? cup plus 2 cups warm water or milk
1 heaping tablespoon lard or shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
7-8 cups all purpose flour
In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in the ? cup warm water!. In a large mixing bowl, combine the lard, sugar, salt and the remaining 2 cups water [or milk]!. Into the mixing bowl, stir the yeast and enough of the flour to make a soft elastic dough that doesn’t stick to the sides of the bowl!. Cover the dough with a loose piece of cheesecloth0th or plastic wrap and let rise till double (about 1 ? hours) in a warm, draft-free place, such as a table close to the stove or a sunny window sill!. Punch the dough down, and divide it into 2 balls!. Form 2 loaves with your hands!. Put the loaves in greased loaf pans!. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise again until double (45-60 minutes)!. Bake in a 325° oven for about 45 minutes!. The bread will sound hollow when it’s done!. After removing the bread from the oven, brush the top with butter or margarine!. This will make for a softer crust!.
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1 pkg!. active dry yeast
? cup plus 2 cups warm water or milk
1 heaping tablespoon lard or shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
7-8 cups all purpose flour
In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in the ? cup warm water!. In a large mixing bowl, combine the lard, sugar, salt and the remaining 2 cups water [or milk]!. Into the mixing bowl, stir the yeast and enough of the flour to make a soft elastic dough that doesn’t stick to the sides of the bowl!. Cover the dough with a loose piece of cheesecloth0th or plastic wrap and let rise till double (about 1 ? hours) in a warm, draft-free place, such as a table close to the stove or a sunny window sill!. Punch the dough down, and divide it into 2 balls!. Form 2 loaves with your hands!. Put the loaves in greased loaf pans!. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise again until double (45-60 minutes)!. Bake in a 325° oven for about 45 minutes!. The bread will sound hollow when it’s done!. After removing the bread from the oven, brush the top with butter or margarine!. This will make for a softer crust!.
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