Monday, September 3, 2012

Homemade Bread: 100% of the Time, it's good every time


I finally made a bread that my husband likes! I have tried for the past couple of years to make something worthy of his standards ;) among them is comparing my bread to my sister-in-law's, Caroline. Try as a might nothing would quite measure up. I tried a certain bread recipe for awhile, but to no avail, and when I switched over to another it still wasn't right... but then I had the idea to do something that I often do with recipes -improvise and combine- And since I already had the ingredients to both breads, I use it all. To some it may seem like quite a few of ingredients, but I find it makes more moist and flavorful bread.


So....... with a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, I made some bread that my husband enjoys. (and when I asked him how it compare's to Carolines he fortunately/unfortunately couldn't remember because sadly we no longer live close to each other).


8 1/2 cups- flour (white or wheat- I tend to do 2 white and the rest wheat)

2 cups- high gluten bread flour

1/2 cup- oatmeal (optional)

3 T- dough enhancer

1 T- salt

3 T- yeast


Mix these ingredients together in your Bosch, then add


1/2 cup- olive oil

1/2 cup- honey (do the honey after the oil because then it doesn't stick to the measuring cup)

3 T- soy liquid lecithin (I do both the oil and this because it makes for more moist bread, you can pick some up at a health foods store)


Turn on your Bosch and start mixing while adding 4-5 cups hot tap water, you don't want the dough to be too dry and you don't add any more flour. Let the dough knead for 10 minutes then use Pam spray on your hands and counter, pull it out and divide into four even pieces to make 4 loaves of bread or whatever else you want to make with it. Let the loaf rise for 10 minutes and then pop it in the oven. You can freeze the dough if you want, just spray the inside of a bag and put in the dough. When you pull it out to cook it make sure to put it in the fridge a day ahead of time and then let it sit out at least an hour before you cook it, as it will be doughy if you don't.


Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

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