BREAD!!!!

[EstimatedProphet]

Neil’s Harbor White Bread

Origin: From the "Food that Really Schmecks" cookbook, I got this recipe from my grandmother. She used to make everything out of this recipe: bread loaves, hot dog and hamburger buns, sticky buns, doughnuts, etc. It is an excellent bread, whether kneaded by hand, or my favorite way, with the kneading hook on my Kitchen Aid mixer.
Ingredients:
3 cups lukewarm water
½ cup plus 1 teaspoon white sugar
2 Tablespoons yeast granules (or 2 packets), we use Red Star Yeast
1 Heaping Tablespoon salt
½ cup salad oil, melted butter, or melted shortening
11 cups all purpose flour
Directions:
In a large, warmed bowl, pour: 1 cup lukewarm water
In the water dissolve: 1 teaspoon white sugar
Over the water sprinkle: 2 Tablespoons yeast granules (or 2 packets), we use Red Star Yeast
Let stand 10 minutes, then stir until yeast is completely dissolved. Then stir in: 2 cups lukewarm water, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 heaping Tablespoon salt, 1/2 cup salad oil, melted butter, or melted shortening. Beat, then stir in 1 cup at a time: about 9 cups all purpose bread flour. (If you’re using a mixer, switch from paddle to bread hook when dough begins to get sticky on paddle. If you are mixing by hand, know that mixing in all that flour will be a workout, but it’s worth it!! )
To knead by hand: Scrape the dough onto a well floured surface, sprinkle it with flour and knead it. Gather the dough together in your hands and push it away from you with your palms. Fold it in half towards you, then turn ¼ turn and repeat pushing, folding, and turning, sprinkling flour on the dough to keep it from sticking, this may take up to a cupful more. Keep kneading for several minutes, until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.
To knead by machine: Leave in mixer bowl with dough hook, then set mixer on low, and let it knead for 5 minutes (check often to make sure that the dough isn’t “crawling” out of the bowl. If it crawls up, just turn off the machine and push it back down, then continue kneading.
After kneading, put the dough in a large oiled bowl, and flip to coat both sides with oil. Loosely cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and place in a warm place (near a woodstove or in an oven that has been preheated for 30 seconds then turned off. IMPORTANT!!! Always preheat the oven, turn off, and then put the dough in the oven. I’ve had it happen too often that I forget to turn off the oven and then it ruins the dough!! ) Let it rise for 1 to 2 hours, or until the dough has doubled. Punch the dough down to remove air bubbles, then divide in 3 parts. Shape each into a loaf and place into a greased loaf pan. Cover the loaves with a dish towel and put in a warm place again to rise the second time. The loaves should double, about 1 hour. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. When bread is golden brown on top and bottom and bread sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom, it’s done!!! Remove from pans to a rack and allow to cool, IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF IT!!!! There is no better comfort food than hot bread with butter or Strawberry Jam on it!!!! Enjoy!!!


(BTW recipe is off the internet.)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Ooh it looks so tasty !

I am coming over with a jar of grape jelly !

[Touchdown]

2. Oooh! This is better. I thought you meant these...

wimpy wrapped around any girls finger, softy-men;)

[WCGreen]

8. They are kinda stale by now, doncha think....

[regnaD kciN]

10. You beat me to it...

...so I must take revenge -- I hope this stays stuck in your head for days! :evilgrin:

Baby, i’m-a want you
Baby, i’m-a need you
You the only one I care enough to hurt about
Maybe i’m-a crazy
But I just can’t live without...

Your lovin’ and affection
Givin’ me direction
Like a guiding light to help me through a darkest hour
Lately I’m a-prayin’
That you’ll always be a-stayin’ beside me

Used to be my life was just emotions passing by
Feeling all the while and never really knowing why...

Lately I’m a-prayin’
That you’ll always be a-stayin’ beside me.

Used to be my life was just emotions passing by
Then you came along and made me laugh
And made me cry...
You taught me why...

Baby, i’m-a want you
Baby, i’m-a need you

Oh, it took so long to find you, baby

Baby, i’m-a want you
Baby, i’m-a need you

[Shine]

3. CARBS!!!!!

gotta love 'em....
:9

[Floogeldy]

4. Yep

[LaraMN]

5. Oh yum! My Mom used to bake bread. I never do.

Warm, soft, oven fresh, with butter....mmm....

[EstimatedProphet]

6. God this is good stuff!

I haven't made bread in years, I forgot how good it is out of the oven!

[neweurope]

7. More bread!

:9





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Bush to The Hague!

[In_The_Wind]

9. Yummy! Maybe it's time to break out the bread maker again!

Or do it all the old fashioned way.

:hi:

[Callalily]

11. Your bread looks

yummy. I love making bread! Here's some french bread for your eating pleasure.