Bread Recipe

* recipe by Jeannie Dayton http://www.pantrysecrets.net/ *

No one was more surprised than myself that I could make bread and actually enjoy doing it!

2 loaves

5 1/4 cups bread flour (Lehi Roller Mills Turkey Flour)

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 rounded T Saf-Instant yeast

1 1/2 T liquid lecithin (3 nickel size drops)

2 cups HOT tap water

4 loaves

10 1/2 cups bread flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 T salt

3 rounded T Saf-Instant yeast

3 T liquid lecithin (3 quarter size drops)

4 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. If dough is too moist, add more flour. Mix for 5 minutes. (Do not add water or flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.) Spray counter and pans with cooking spray. Shape loaves and cover with a dish towel. Let rise for 25 minutes. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Bake times will vary with other items.

For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe but add 1 cup of applesauce as part of the hot tap water. Add an extra T of lecithin. Mix for 10 minutes.

TIPS:

-do not use all-purpose flour

-Lehi Roller Mills Turkey Flour is best

-you can use other sweeteners like honey or brown sugar

-do not measure lecithin, approximate amount is ok (it is super sticky)

-store your yeast in the freezer

-a 2 1/2 qt. pitcher is equal to 10 1/2 cups

-if mixing by hand, knead for 10 minutes

-put baked bread on a cooling rack ASAP (unless using a stone)

Use your loaves to make bread or:

Pizza crust

dinner rolls-16 per loaf

breadsticks

scones

cream cheese braid

orange rolls

cinnamon rolls

and more!