Bread Recipes

From Naiyana

1 Hour Bread

5 1/4 cups white BREAD FLOUR  or wheat (do not use all-purpose flour)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 1 /2 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons liquid lecithin  (2 tablespoons for wheat)
2 cups HOT tap water

Mix dry ingredients.  Add lecithin and water.  Mix for 1 minute and check consistency.  If dough is too dry, add more water,  Dough should be very sticky.  Mix for 5 minutes.  (Do not add flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.)  Spray counter and pans with Pam.  Shape loaves and cover with a dish towel.  Let raise 25 minutes.  Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.  Makes 2 loaves of bread in Kitchenaid.  Double this recipe for 4 loaves of bread in a Bosch.  

From Laura Rowbury

Makes 4 loaves

In your bosch mix all of the dry ingredients

Dry Ingredients

12 cups whole wheat or white flour

2 Tablespoons SAF yeast

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tablespoon salt

1/4 cup ground flaxseed

1/3 cup powdered milk (optional)

Add wet ingredients

1/2 cup butter crisco

5 cups hot tap water

Mix well and then continue to mix for 5 minutes on medium speed. Spray countertop with pam and transfer dough to the countertop. Cover and let rise for 10 minutes. Shape into 4 loaves, let raise 30 minutes then bake at 350 for 25-30 min.


From Cristall

Whole Wheat Bread (Adapted from Mama Harper’s bread recipe)

Makes 4 loaves – 3 1/2 hours start to finish

¼ c. sugar

1 c. very warm water

3 T. yeast

2 c. scalded milk (heat until little bubbles form around the edge)

2 T. salt

½ c. canola oil

½ c. honey

1¼ c. warm water

5 c. all-purpose white flour, preferably unbleached

1/4 c. cracked 9-grain mix (in Good Earth’s bulk section)

1/4 c. ground flax seed meal

Scant ½ c. vital wheat gluten

5 c. whole wheat flour, freshly ground if available

In a bowl, whisk the ¼ cup sugar in the 1 cup very warm water until the sugar dissolves and then whisk in the yeast. Set it aside to rise. Add 2 cups of milk to a small pot over high heat and wait for it to scald. Meanwhile, in your Bosch mixer, add the 2 T. salt, ½ cup canola oil, ½ cup honey, and 1¼ cup warm water. As soon as the milk is scalded, add it too. Mix. Add 5 cups of all-purpose white flour. Mix well. Add the 9-grain mix, ground flax seed meal and vital wheat gluten. Mix well. Add the now-puffy yeast mixture. Mix well. Add 5 cups of whole wheat flour. Mix for 10 minutes. The sides of the bowl should be clean and the dough should push back when you poke it.

Spray a very large bowl with PAM. Add the dough and cover it with PAM-sprayed Saran Wrap. Let it rise for 45 minutes until doubled. Knead it down and let it rise until doubled again for another 45 minutes. Knead it down and let it rest for 5 minutes. Spray 4 loaf pans with PAM. I use 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5” aluminum bread pans.

Form 4 equal loaves from the dough and put each in a sprayed loaf pan. Cover the loaves loosely with Saran Wrap and let them rise for 30-35 minutes. 

Preheat your oven to 375̊. The dough will be fast or slow to rise depending on the outside weather and the temperature of your kitchen. Be sure the dough has risen above the edge of the pan before putting the loaves in the oven; they’ll rise even more when baking. Bake at 375̊ for 15 minutes and then 300̊ for 30 minutes. Done! Older bread makes amazing French Toast. If you freeze the loaves, put them in the freezer just before they’re done cooling and they’ll taste fresher when thawed. Thaw on the countertop.

More recipes to come.  Stay tuned!