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December 03, 2006

Second Recipe

This week we tried Wisteria's recipe. It is similar to the Old Order Amish Bread recipe, but with honey instead of sugar and butter instead of oil. It tastes sweeter. Ours came out very heavy and dense. We know we didn't get something quite right because the dough never got really elastic. Laurel's Kitchen says the dough shouldn't break when you stretch it out, but ours did break.

Even so, it was quite tasty.

Wisteria's Everyday Bread

3 tsp yeast
2 cups warm water
3 TBLS honey (I don't measure, just pour some, but this morning it was about 3 TBLS)
4 1/2 cups - 5 cups flour (I use a mixture of whole wheat and white changing amounts according to what will go on the sandwiches. Tomato sandwiches call for a whiter bread.)
3 TBLS melted butter
1 tsp kosher or sea salt

I mix all this up in my mixer(use a dough hook) and add flour and knead until it isn't sticky and pulls away from the sides into a ball. I let it rise under a flour sack towel with chickens painted on it that my friend brought me as a happy. Once it is doubled I dump it on a board and knead it and shape it into a roll. I punch the narrow ends into the bread and plop it into my greased (with butter) pan. I let it rise again and put it in a preheated to 365 degree oven. Cook until the outside is browned and crunchy and the bread sounds hollow, about 30 minutes. Remove from pan immediately and cool on a rack to maintain perfect crunch, chewy goodness.

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Comments

I would try dough enhancer with this recipe. I make whole wheat bread often, including in my large bread machine, with wheat that has just been ground. The dough enhancer really helps lighten it. You can find this at many health stores, and there are various recipes to make it on the internet.

Loni, thanks for the tip. I'll look for it.

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