Steve_B_
Aug 11, 2016Explorer
White bread!
Many years ago when I was in 2nd grade (MANY years ago) we made bread in school one day. It was a wonderful soft, white, yeasty bread and I remember there was milk in it. The bread that our Loblaws ...
Roy&Lynne wrote:
First, you may not be able to recreate the bread of your childhood, for the same reason we can't find tomatoes that have any flavor. The flour should at least have a few flour beetles in it, for that extra protein. Then you really should use cake yeast and not the dry packaged stuff.
1 cake yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup lukewarm water and 1 teaspoon sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes
To 2 cups scalded milk add 1 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons shortening, and 2 tablespoons of sugar and cool to lukewarm. Mix with yeast
To the softened yeast add 3 cups of white flour and I'd use unbleached Beat well Add enough more flour to make a soft dough (you will use about 6 cups) knead til smooth and .....