Ohh..My Gosh, What Just Came Out Of The Oven?
I love having a great basic recipe like this one. Not only can you make loaves with this but also shape the dough into rolls, or make bread sticks. I even use this to make my own pizza crusts.
Mom’s Homemade Bread
yield: 2 LOAVES
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups warm water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tbsp instant yeast
- 1/2 cup honey
- 5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp salt
DIRECTIONS:
- Add the warm water to your mixing bowl.
- Sprinkle the yeast over top and add the honey.
- Let rest for 5 minutes until the yeast is foamy.
- Add the flour, milk, and salt.
- Mix well until dough forms and is just barely pulling away from the sides of the bowl (I use the dough hook on my stand mixer to do this).
- Cover and let rise until doubled. I place my bowl on a heating pad, and it only takes about 30 minutes.
- Punch down the dough and divide it for use before second rise.
- Divide the dough in two and shape each piece into a loaf. Place the dough into greased and lined loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled.
- Bake at 365ºF for 30 minutes. Brush the tops with butter if desired.
Quick Tip: You can roll this out into a large rectangle, slather with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and roll up. Cinnamon bread makes GREAT toast or french toast!
Photo and Recipe courtesy of Ashton of Something Swanky.