bread for baking

Let the aroma of fresh, wonderful bread fill your kitchen with this fool-proof, delicious and perfectly textured bread. Don't shy away from making bread if you are an amateur... it really will turn out and impress your taste buds!

The recipe is my sweet Aunt Lynne's from our family cookbook, with my own tiny little tweeks.

what you'll need:
3 cups super hot water
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp. sea salt
1/2 can evaporated milk
2 tbsp. yeast
7-8 cups flour (I use unbleached, it's healthier. You can use half wheat and half white flour for the recipe depending upon your preference, but all white is the tastiest!)

super simple steps:
Put hot water in a mixing bowl (use a KitchenAid or Bosch type mixer). Add butter, sugar and salt to the hot water and wait until the butter melts. Add evaporated milk, then sprinkle the yeast and beat together. Let raise for 10 minutes, then beat again. Add 7 cups of flour and beat using a dough hook. Keep in in the bowl and let rise until double (about 30 minutes), then beat again. Sitting that long allows the flour to soak up the moisture so you can determine if you need more flour. You can add up to a cup more. Too much flour dries out the bread. The dough will slightly stick to your finger but should clean sides of bowl.


Let it rise until double once again, then split it into thirds, and form it into loaves. Use non-stick cooking spray on your bread pans. Cover with a towel and let raise for 30 minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rub the tops with butter, then turn the loaf out of the pan to cool. Makes 3 delicious loaves!