Homemade Bread

Have you ever made homemade bread? Here's a delicious bread recipe that is also super easy.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups water
2/3 cup sugar
1 packet yeast
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
5 1/2 to 6 cups all purpose flour

INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat 2 cups water to 110-115 degrees F.  If you don't have a thermometer try this tip. Heat up 1/2 cup water in a microwave safe bowl for one minute. This will boil the water. Then add tap water til you reach 2cups.




Add the sugar to the water you just heated and stir it



Add the yeast packet to the sugar water and let it set for 10 minutes.



 It will become foamy..


Mix the salt and oil into foamy yeast mixture




Pour yeast mixture into large bowl.  Slowly add one cup of flour at a time to the yeast mixture.



 You may not need all the flour.  It depends how wet the dough becomes .  You want a non sticky dough when you form a ball.


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Knead the dough for 5 minutes. sprinkle your surface with flour.  If the dough gets sticky add more flour.

Spray a glass bowl with cooking spray



place the dough inside the bowl andcover with a cloth.

Let the dough rise for one hour.



After the dough has risen punch it in the middle and pull the dough from the sides of the bowl.



use a  dough cutter (pastry blender) and cut dough in half (use knife if you don't have one)

Place each half in a greased loaf pan.





Let loaves rise again for30 minutes

Then place in a pre-heated oven at 350 F degree oven for about 30 minutes or until thoughly cooked through.







enjoy