I'm making bread this morning. Yesterday I asked aunt Jacinthe to give me Grandma's recipe and she took a picture of it. I love to see grandma's hand writing and the way it is redacted. I wonder if she wrote down her mom's instructions. It doesn"t seem to be from a book. I'll have to ask around.
I found yeast in the pantry with a 2017 expiration date. I thought I would steep it in water with sugar and see if it still good or not. After 10 minutes I was not sure so I thought I would take a picture and asked my aunt if she thinks it's ok. By the time I got my phone I could see that it was good. Lesson learned: don't toss your yeast before trying it out.
Grandma's bread, made with milk
2 loafs
Ingredients
1 cup Milk
1/8 cup Butter
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Warm water
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon or 1 envelope Dry active yeast
1 cup Water
5 cups or more Flour
( I used 1/2 white, 1/2 whole wheat)
Directions
1) Warm the milk with 1/8 cup of butter, 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt.
2) In a large bowl, put 1/2 cup of warm water, 1 teaspoon of sugar and the yeast. Let the yeast activate for 15 minutes, stir.
3) Add 1 cup of water to the milk. Add 5 cups of flour to the yeast, then the warm milk mixture. Combine the ingredients with a spatula.
4) Knead on a floured surface for 10 minutes, adding little flour to your hands, dough and surface when it gets sticky.
5) Transfer the dough to a very big buttered bowl, flip the dough so there is butter on both sides. Cover with a warm, damp with hot tap water dish towel and put in the oven with no heat but the light on. Let it rise for 1 1/4 hour.
6) Punch the dough.
7) Put back in the oven, covered, let it rise 10 minutes.
8) Divide the dough and put it in 2 pans.
9) Let them rise in the oven 2 more hours.
10) Bake at 400°F. for about 35 minutes.
Wish me luck!
...well, I'm disappointed. It's too thin because I don't have a real loaf pan, but it's delicious though...
...Scott thinks it's very good too so I'm happy.
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