ONE MORE FABULOUS BREAD RECIPE TO TRY

Since we've all been somewhat focused on bread lately, I offer this wonderful easy & very quick homemade bread recipe. START TO FINISH IN 1 HOUR! Really! This makes a very light & tasty bread whether you make it with white 'bread flour' or 100% whole wheat or 1/2 & 1/2. It rises fully and has a very tender texture. My dear friend Beth makes it and I spent time with her watching the method. EASY/SHMEZY! I use my Bosch (as does she), but it's not required. Everything goes into the bowl all at once! So here's the recipe & I'd love to hear how you all like it.

10 1/2 cups white BREAD FLOUR (NOT all-purpose)

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tablespoon salt

3 rounded tablespoons SAF-INSTANT YEAST (must be saf instant)

2 eggs OR 3 Tablespoons liquid lecithin *

4 cups HOT tap water

Mix dry ingredients. Add eggs or lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute & 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 & pans with Pam vegetable spray. Shape loaves & cover with dish towel. Let raise 25 minutes. Bake at 350' for 25 minutes. This recipe makes four loaves of bread.

*Squeeze or pour approximately 3 tablespoons of lecithin directly into the bowl...3 puddles approximately a 'quarter' size....Do not measure.

For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe but add one cup of applesauce as part of the hot tap water & add 1 additional tablespoon of lecithin (but not eggs). Mix for 10 minutes.

Lecithin is available at health food stores and Bosch/food store & bread making equipment stores. Check google for your local source.

Dad has fallen in love with this bread & just raves about it all the time.....and how easy can it be?

You cannot taste the applesauce in the whole wheat, but it does give it a very moist, tender texture.

Good luck!

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