If anyone is a fool at making yeast bread, it is me! I have never had luck making real bread. My brother, Michael is the bread maker of our family. His is my favorite~I love it. I've tried his recipe and mine tastes nothing like his. I think he adds secret ingredients.
I've tried lots and lots of other recipes and they just don't look good or taste good and take too much time. But, then I came across this one from my alma mater, Utah State (Go Aggies!!) from the extension office and the name intrigued me. I tried it this fall and it turned out awesome! I've been experimenting with adding wheat flour and like it with half wheat/half white. If you're making it for the first time, I would stick with the white flour and then experiment down the road.
My favorite thing about this recipe? It's easy and fast and you probably have the ingredients on hand. You mix it up, let your mixer knead it for you, and then put it in the pans and let it rise. None of this proofing the yeast, letting it rise, punch it down, let it rise again nonsense.
Definitely my kind of recipe. You can have 4 loaves of bread whipped out for your family in no time and feel like Holly Homemaker all at once. It is absolutely divine with the honey butter recipe from Our Best Bites.
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No Fail Yeast Bread
Source: adapted from Becky Low, Utah State University Extension
Cooks do not make homemade bread as they did a few years ago. Today, that treat may seem impossible for the novice cook - but not with this recipe. It is easy, quick to fix, and takes much less time than traditional homemade bread. Recipe makes 4 loaves.
5 cups warm water (I use my tap water as hot as it will go)
3 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 cup honey or 3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
1-1/2 tablespoon salt
11-12 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour
3 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 cup honey or 3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
1-1/2 tablespoon salt
11-12 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour
This recipe is easiest if a large mixer is used. If a mixer is unavailable, dough may be kneaded by hand.
By hand: Combine water, yeast, sugar (or honey), oil, salt, and mix together with wire whisk in large bowl. Begin adding flour 1 cup at a time and mix with large wooden spoon until it's too big to stir. Turn dough out on floured surface and continue adding flour 1 cup at a time and knead it in until soft and smooth. Knead for 8-10 minutes by hand.
By hand: Combine water, yeast, sugar (or honey), oil, salt, and mix together with wire whisk in large bowl. Begin adding flour 1 cup at a time and mix with large wooden spoon until it's too big to stir. Turn dough out on floured surface and continue adding flour 1 cup at a time and knead it in until soft and smooth. Knead for 8-10 minutes by hand.
Using Mixer: Combine water, yeast, sugar (or honey), oil, salt, and mix together using dough hook attachment. Stir in enough flour to make a dough that pulls away from the sides of the mixer but is still sticky to the touch
Knead for 8 - 10 minutes in your mixer or by hand. Flour hands and remove from mixer. Place dough onto floured surface and knead until soft and not sticky.
Divide dough into 4 parts. Shape each part into a loaf and place into greased loaf pans. Cover and allow to rise until dough is 1 inch above pans.
* another note from Melissa on this one: I heat my oven to 170 degrees and then I put my dough in the pans in there to let it rise in a warm, protected spot (away from my kids!) It rises more quickly for me this way as well. (usually just about 30 minutes!) When they have risen I keep them in the oven and just switch the temperature to 350 and bake.
* another note from Melissa on this one: I heat my oven to 170 degrees and then I put my dough in the pans in there to let it rise in a warm, protected spot (away from my kids!) It rises more quickly for me this way as well. (usually just about 30 minutes!) When they have risen I keep them in the oven and just switch the temperature to 350 and bake.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Turn out of pans to cool.
NOTE: A nice variation is to make sweet rolls. Take 1 or 2 of the pieces of bread dough divided to make a loaf. Roll each portion of dough out into a 14 x 8-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Brush with 1-2 tablespoons softened butter, then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll up dough. Cut into 1-inch slices and place on greased baking pan. Allow to rise until double in bulk. Bake as above. And of course you've got to top them with some frosting!
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