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Grandma's bread, made with milk


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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