Homemade Bread

Michelle Tucker's

Homemade Bread

From start to finish in 1 hour-

One simple recipe-50 ways to use it

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10 1/2 cups white BREAD flour (do not use all-purpose)

or wheat flour1/2 cup sugar (or 1/3 honey)

1 TBS salt

3 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast

3 TBS liquid lecithin*

4 cups hot tap water

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Mix dry ingredients. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more water. Dough should be very sticky. Mix for 5 minutes. (Do not add flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.) Spray counter and pans with Pam. Shape loaves and cover with a dish towel.

Let raise 25 minutes.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

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This recipe makes 4 loaves of bread.

*Squeeze or pour approximately 3 TBS of lecithin directly into the bowl. Do not measure.For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe but add one cup of applesauce as part of the hot tap water and 1 additional TBS lecithin. Mix for 10 minutes.

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You can use this recipe for:

french bread (spray with water for crustier crust)

baguettes braided loaves (seasonings or glazes)

dinner rolls (16 per loaf)

butterflake rolls (in a muffin tin)

hamburger and hot dog buns (6-8 per loaf)

hogie buns (6 per loaf)

soup bowls (3-4 per loaf)

sheet bread sticks

cut & twisted breadsticks

pizza crust

calzones

Navajo tacos

scones

cinnamon rolls

cinnamon twists

orange rolls

tortillas

croutons

and even more varieties of bread stuff!