GRANDMA’S COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

GRANDMA’S COUNTRY WHITE BREAD

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups of luke-warm water
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp. yeast
1/3 cup oil
1 tbsp. salt
6 – 7 cups unbleached ground white wheat flour (You can use regular all-purpose flour with success as well. You will need more flour… closer to 8 cups, and it will make a softer, less coarse bread.)
*opt.

1 Tbsp. vital wheat gluten (if using whole white wheat flour)

DIRECTIONS :

In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and sugar. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Add the oil. Add the salt and flour (starting with 6 cups of flour). Mix them all together. Knead the dough thoroughly until all ingredients are incorporated, and the dough is smooth, elastic, very slightly sticky, and pulls away from the bowl (6-10 minutes). As you knead the dough, you may add more flour as needed, and repeat the process until the dough reaches the desired consistency.

Cover the bowl of dough with a dish towel or plastic wrap and let it rise until doubled (an hour or more depending on how warm your kitchen is.) You may speed up this process by placing the covered bowl inside the oven with the oven light on, and another bowl of warm water sitting on the lower rack. Punch the dough down, divide, and form it into 2 loaves. Place the dough in two greased bread pans. (I use 9′′ pans.) Cover and let it rise till the top of the dough is an inch or two above the bread pans.

Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove the baked loaves from their pans immediately, and place them on a cooling rack. Slice, and serve warm with butter and honey.

Store it in an air-tight bag. Baked loaves and bread dough freeze well.

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