Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Love the smell of bread cooking...


I made bread today! Usually I only make bread under my Mom's watchful care. It usually is yummy wheat bread but today I used this recipe below and it turned out really good. The loafs didn't look perfect but heck it tasted pretty good.
I sure love the smell of fresh baked bread.

90-Minute Bread

From my Aunt Mary Jane

4 C Warm Water 4t Salt
4 Cake Yeast 4T Melted Shortening
8T Sugar 7-8 C Flour (or a little more)

Dissolve yeast in water. Mix in the rest. Cut into 4 pieces-Let stand 15-20 minutes. Knead 1-4 minutes. Form 4 loaves. Let stand 30 minutes, then Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

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