Re: [CnD] Simple Bread Recipe

2017-01-25 Thread Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark
I just didn't know if you created it or not. That is all!

On 1/25/17, Helen Whitehead  via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> I got it from the internet. Sorry, I can't be of any help, I've never made
> bread before.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark
> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 8:45 AM
> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
> Cc: Danielle Ledet 
> Subject: Re: [CnD] Simple Bread Recipe
>
> Helen is this your recipe?
>
> On 1/7/17, Helen Whitehead  via Cookinginthedark
>  wrote:
>> Simple Bread Recipe
>> Ingredients
>> list of 4 items
>> . 2 cups warm water, not hot or you will kill your yeasty friends
>> . 2 teaspoons yeast-a packet contains 2.25 teaspoons-close enough.
>> . 2 teaspoons salt
>> . 5-ish cups flour, all-purpose is fine unless you wish to alter it for
>> health reasons
>> list end
>>
>> Instructions
>> list of 12 items
>> 1. Mix the yeast into the water.
>> 2. Combine the salt with two or three cups of flour.
>> 3. Add the flour/salt duo to the water, stirring.or enlisting younger
>> arms
>> to stir for you.
>> 4. Add more flour and continue to stir until the dough holds together and
>> is
>>
>> not wet.
>> 5. Dump the dough onto a clean, floured surface and knead. (If you don't
>> know how to knead bread dough, just fake it. This is very forgiving
>> bread.)
>>
>> Add
>> more flour as needed, but don't overdo it. A little sticky is fine-too
>> dry
>> is not so fine.
>> 6. Knead until it is as smooth as a baby's bottom. If you have no baby's
>> bottom at hand to compare it to, give it the stretch test. Hold the dough
>> up
>>
>> to
>> the light and stretch a portion of it. If you can see light through it
>> before it breaks, congrats! You're finished. If not, give it a little
>> more
>> tender
>> lovin' care. We knead this dough about ten minutes. (Sometimes we cheat
>> and
>>
>> knead less. We've yet to be ostracized for our occasional laissez-faire
>> kneading
>> attitude.)
>> 7. Shape the bread into two or three Italian-shaped loaves or several
>> mini-loaves. Do this by pressing the dough flat and folding it into
>> thirds,
>>
>> or by
>> rolling it up. Put the ugly seamed side down and tuck under the ends.
>> Place
>>
>> the loaves on a lightly greased pan. Optionally, shape two shorter loaves
>> and
>> place them in greased loaf pans for "bread-shaped bread." Grease the top
>> (I
>>
>> like butter), and cover with plastic wrap or a flour sack towel. Set in a
>> warm
>> place to rise-the oven is too warm for rising and will kill your yeast,
>> but
>>
>> the top of the refrigerator is just fine.
>> 8. Let those babies rise until about doubled in size, or until you get
>> tired
>>
>> of waiting, whichever comes first. We wait anywhere from 30 minutes on a
>> hungry,
>> summer's day to an hour and a half on an
>> oops-did-we-forget-about-the-bread
>>
>> day. Normally, 45 minutes should do it.
>> 9. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. (My girls bake at 450
>> degrees, and I bake at 425 because I like the little time cushion for
>> when
>> (not if)
>> I get distracted and wander somewhere that I can't hear the oven timer. I
>> won't tell you whose bread my husband likes better.) Preheat for 20
>> minutes
>>
>> if
>> you have
>> baking stones
>> in your oven.
>> 10. Slash the top of the loaves several times diagonally for that
>> authentic,
>>
>> fresh-from-a-French-bakery look. Put the dough in the oven. (If you want
>> to
>> use baking stones, slide the loaves off the pans and onto the stones.)
>> Spritz the interior of the oven with water. (This is optional, but gives
>> the
>>
>> out-of-the-pan
>> loaf a more tender crust. Some people have had trouble with stones and a
>> few
>>
>> oven doors cracking from spritzing a very hot oven with cold water, so
>> you
>> may opt for a heavy duty pan with a couple cups of water set on another
>> rack
>>
>> in the oven. Or skip it. Honestly, I skip it. We're going for simple
>> here.
>> Some of my girls spritz the loaf and the sides of the oven.) Set the
>> timer
>> for roughly 12 to 15 minutes, although it may take up to 20 minutes or
>> more,
>> depending on the size of your loaves and whether or not they are in pans.
>> 11. Because all ovens, pans, doughs, and bakers are different, use this
>> reliable test to see if your bread is done. Traditionally, cooks tap the
>> bread;
>> if it sounds hollow, it's done. It always sounds hollow to me when I'm
>> hungry and smelling fresh bread. Therefore, I take an
>> instant read thermometer
>> and insert it into the ugliest part of the bread where nobody will notice
>> a
>>
>> hole. If the temp reads 190 to 210, it's done.
>> 12. Remove, cool briefly, slice, eat. Personally, I believe bread is a
>> means
>>
>> of transporting butter to the mouth, so I say load on the butter!
>> list end
>>
>> Wasn't that simple? And it didn't take all day.
>>
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Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?

2017-01-25 Thread Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark
Penny, where might I find this sweet Irish butter?

On 1/10/17, Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> Steve, The recipe says 6-1/2 cups flour!
>
> Try it, you'll love the results!
> Happy new year!
> Penny
>
> On 1/10/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark
>  wrote:
>> It says: stir in 6-1/2 cups flour.
>>
>> Deb B.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Cindy Simpson via Cookinginthedark
>> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:47 AM
>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
>> Cc: Cindy Simpson
>> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
>>
>> Dear Steve,
>> I'm not Penny, but I looked over her original message and I saw this
>> instruction:
>> Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing
>> until there are no dry
>> patches.
>>
>> It looks like there is indeed flour in this recipe.  You may have just
>> missed it, but it's there.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Steve Stewart via Cookinginthedark <
>> cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote:
>>
>>> penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it?
>>> Steve Stewatrt
>>>
>>> -Original Message- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM
>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
>>> Cc: Penny Reeder
>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
>>>
>>> Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't
>>> need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style
>>> bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't
>>> have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the
>>> refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf
>>> as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning
>>> of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to
>>> begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more
>>> delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter!
>>>
>>> Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da "
>>>
>>> Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York
>>> Times: "In a large bowl or
>>> plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons
>>> kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6
>>> 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be
>>> quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at
>>> room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours).
>>>
>>> "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks.
>>> When ready to bake,
>>> sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece
>>> with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface,
>>> creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel
>>> sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining
>>> dough or refrigerate it.
>>>
>>> "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle
>>> rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for
>>> 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very
>>> sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into
>>> broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until
>>> well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely.
>>> Yields 4 loaves."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my
>>> family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not
>>> keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one
>>> meal and making French toast out of any that's left over.
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>> Penny
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark
>>>  wrote:
>>>
 There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for
 me when I was little.  I don't know what her recipe was but it was
 the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never
 tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers.
 >>>
 Deb B.

 -Original Message-
 From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark
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 Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM
 To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
 Cc: Kathy Brandt
 Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?

 You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started
 out making white bread.

 On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark
>  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have
> begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am
> getting better.
> I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread.  Even if
> it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches
> and then getting better.
> I want to know what materials I need to begin.  I know I need some
> kind of 

Re: [CnD] Simple Bread Recipe

2017-01-25 Thread Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark
I got it from the internet. Sorry, I can't be of any help, I've never made 
bread before.

-Original Message-
From: Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 8:45 AM
To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org
Cc: Danielle Ledet 
Subject: Re: [CnD] Simple Bread Recipe

Helen is this your recipe?

On 1/7/17, Helen Whitehead  via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> Simple Bread Recipe
> Ingredients
> list of 4 items
> . 2 cups warm water, not hot or you will kill your yeasty friends
> . 2 teaspoons yeast-a packet contains 2.25 teaspoons-close enough.
> . 2 teaspoons salt
> . 5-ish cups flour, all-purpose is fine unless you wish to alter it for
> health reasons
> list end
>
> Instructions
> list of 12 items
> 1. Mix the yeast into the water.
> 2. Combine the salt with two or three cups of flour.
> 3. Add the flour/salt duo to the water, stirring.or enlisting younger arms
> to stir for you.
> 4. Add more flour and continue to stir until the dough holds together and
> is
>
> not wet.
> 5. Dump the dough onto a clean, floured surface and knead. (If you don't
> know how to knead bread dough, just fake it. This is very forgiving bread.)
>
> Add
> more flour as needed, but don't overdo it. A little sticky is fine-too dry
> is not so fine.
> 6. Knead until it is as smooth as a baby's bottom. If you have no baby's
> bottom at hand to compare it to, give it the stretch test. Hold the dough
> up
>
> to
> the light and stretch a portion of it. If you can see light through it
> before it breaks, congrats! You're finished. If not, give it a little more
> tender
> lovin' care. We knead this dough about ten minutes. (Sometimes we cheat and
>
> knead less. We've yet to be ostracized for our occasional laissez-faire
> kneading
> attitude.)
> 7. Shape the bread into two or three Italian-shaped loaves or several
> mini-loaves. Do this by pressing the dough flat and folding it into thirds,
>
> or by
> rolling it up. Put the ugly seamed side down and tuck under the ends. Place
>
> the loaves on a lightly greased pan. Optionally, shape two shorter loaves
> and
> place them in greased loaf pans for "bread-shaped bread." Grease the top (I
>
> like butter), and cover with plastic wrap or a flour sack towel. Set in a
> warm
> place to rise-the oven is too warm for rising and will kill your yeast, but
>
> the top of the refrigerator is just fine.
> 8. Let those babies rise until about doubled in size, or until you get
> tired
>
> of waiting, whichever comes first. We wait anywhere from 30 minutes on a
> hungry,
> summer's day to an hour and a half on an oops-did-we-forget-about-the-bread
>
> day. Normally, 45 minutes should do it.
> 9. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. (My girls bake at 450
> degrees, and I bake at 425 because I like the little time cushion for when
> (not if)
> I get distracted and wander somewhere that I can't hear the oven timer. I
> won't tell you whose bread my husband likes better.) Preheat for 20 minutes
>
> if
> you have
> baking stones
> in your oven.
> 10. Slash the top of the loaves several times diagonally for that
> authentic,
>
> fresh-from-a-French-bakery look. Put the dough in the oven. (If you want to
> use baking stones, slide the loaves off the pans and onto the stones.)
> Spritz the interior of the oven with water. (This is optional, but gives
> the
>
> out-of-the-pan
> loaf a more tender crust. Some people have had trouble with stones and a
> few
>
> oven doors cracking from spritzing a very hot oven with cold water, so you
> may opt for a heavy duty pan with a couple cups of water set on another
> rack
>
> in the oven. Or skip it. Honestly, I skip it. We're going for simple here.
> Some of my girls spritz the loaf and the sides of the oven.) Set the timer
> for roughly 12 to 15 minutes, although it may take up to 20 minutes or
> more,
> depending on the size of your loaves and whether or not they are in pans.
> 11. Because all ovens, pans, doughs, and bakers are different, use this
> reliable test to see if your bread is done. Traditionally, cooks tap the
> bread;
> if it sounds hollow, it's done. It always sounds hollow to me when I'm
> hungry and smelling fresh bread. Therefore, I take an
> instant read thermometer
> and insert it into the ugliest part of the bread where nobody will notice a
>
> hole. If the temp reads 190 to 210, it's done.
> 12. Remove, cool briefly, slice, eat. Personally, I believe bread is a
> means
>
> of transporting butter to the mouth, so I say load on the butter!
> list end
>
> Wasn't that simple? And it didn't take all day.
>
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ha

Re: [CnD] No knead oatmeal bread

2017-01-25 Thread Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark
You eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, whenever you would normally eat bread.

On Jan 25, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark 
 wrote:

And do you eat for breakfast, as a side, or what?

On 1/8/17, Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> This was actually the first bread I made, from the New England cookbook, put
> out by national braille press. The smell while baking about sent me into
> orbit:
> 
> Mix in large bowl:
> One and a half cups boiling water 1 cup rolled oats 1/3 cup shortening 1/4
> cup molasses 1 teaspoon salt
> stir these together until well blended. Let stand until Luke warm. Mix: 1
> cup warm water
> Two packages dry yeast
> Blend well and add two other mixture. Stir in: 5 1/4 cups flour
> Mix well. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Divide into two greased loaf
> pans. Bake one hour at 350
> 
> The recipe doesn't tell you to do this, but from another recipe, after
> loaves bake, I rub butter over them, and cover with a damp towel until cool.
> This prevents the bread from becoming hard.
> 
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Re: [CnD] Basic White Bread

2017-01-25 Thread Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark
Is this yours as well?

On 1/7/17, Helen Whitehead  via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> Basic White Bread
> Prep Time:
> 20 minutes plus 2 hours, 10 minutes rising time
> Baking Time:
> 30 minutes
> Makes:2 loaves
> Freezing:excellent
>
> While it's easy to make, there's nothing basic about the taste of this
> delicious white bread recipe.
>
> Ingredients
>
> 1 tsp
> (
> 5 mL
> )
> granulated sugar
> 1/2 cup
> (
> 125 mL
> )
> water, warm
> 1 envelope
> (
> 8 g
> )
> active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp/11 mL)
> 1 cup
> (
> 250 mL
> )
> milk, warm
> 2 tbsp
> (
> 30 mL
> )
> butter
> 2 tbsp
> (
> 30 mL
> )
> granulated sugar
> 1 1/2 tsp
> (
> 7 mL
> )
> salt
> 1/2 cup
> (
> 125 mL
> )
> water, warm
> 5 1/2 cups
> (
> 1375 mL
> )
>
> Robin Hood® Best For Bread Homestyle White Flour
>
> Directions
> complementary information
> Tools
> list of 11 items
> . measuring spoons
> . liquid measuring cup
> . dry measuring cup
> . 2 large mixing bowls
> . wooden spoon or hand held or electric stand mixer
> . board
> . parchment paper
> . tea towel
> . two 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" (1.5 L) loaf pans
> . pastry brush
> . wire cooling rack
> list end
> complementary information end
> list of 11 items
> Dissolve 1 teaspoon (5 mL) sugar in 1/2 cup (125 mL) warm water in large
> mixing bowl. Sprinkle in yeast. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir well.
> Combine milk, butter, 2 tablespoons (30 mL) sugar, salt and 1/2 cup (125
> mL)
>
> warm water. Add milk mixture and 2 cups (500 mL) flour to dissolved yeast
> mixture. Beat with wooden spoon or electric mixer until smooth and elastic.
> Stir in 2 1/2 cups (625 mL) of remaining flour gradually. If necessary, add
>
> more flour to make a soft dough which leaves sides of bowl. Turn out on
> floured
> board. Round up into a ball.
> Knead dough, adding more flour as necessary, until dough is smooth, elastic
>
> and no longer sticky (about 10 minutes).
> Place in lightly greased bowl. Turn dough to greased top. Cover with
> parchment paper and tea towel.
> Let rise in warm place (75°-85°F/24°-29°C) until doubled (45 to 60
> minutes).
> Punch Down. Turn out onto lightly floured board and divide into 2 equal
> portions. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
> Shape each portion into a loaf. Place seam side down in 2 greased 8 1/2" x
> 4
>
> 1/2" x 2 3/4" (1.5 L) loaf pans. Cover with tea towel.
> Let Rise in warm place until dough rises 1 1/2" (3 cm) above top of pan in
> centre and corners are filled (45 to 60 minutes).
> Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
> Bake on lower oven rack of preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from
>
> pans immediately. Brush top crust with butter if a soft crust is desired.
> Cool
> on wire racks.
>
> Tips
> . This recipe makes 2 loaves. For 4 loaves, simply double all of your
> ingredients.
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Re: [CnD] Simple Bread Recipe

2017-01-25 Thread Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark
Helen is this your recipe?

On 1/7/17, Helen Whitehead  via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> Simple Bread Recipe
> Ingredients
> list of 4 items
> . 2 cups warm water, not hot or you will kill your yeasty friends
> . 2 teaspoons yeast-a packet contains 2.25 teaspoons-close enough.
> . 2 teaspoons salt
> . 5-ish cups flour, all-purpose is fine unless you wish to alter it for
> health reasons
> list end
>
> Instructions
> list of 12 items
> 1. Mix the yeast into the water.
> 2. Combine the salt with two or three cups of flour.
> 3. Add the flour/salt duo to the water, stirring.or enlisting younger arms
> to stir for you.
> 4. Add more flour and continue to stir until the dough holds together and
> is
>
> not wet.
> 5. Dump the dough onto a clean, floured surface and knead. (If you don't
> know how to knead bread dough, just fake it. This is very forgiving bread.)
>
> Add
> more flour as needed, but don't overdo it. A little sticky is fine-too dry
> is not so fine.
> 6. Knead until it is as smooth as a baby's bottom. If you have no baby's
> bottom at hand to compare it to, give it the stretch test. Hold the dough
> up
>
> to
> the light and stretch a portion of it. If you can see light through it
> before it breaks, congrats! You're finished. If not, give it a little more
> tender
> lovin' care. We knead this dough about ten minutes. (Sometimes we cheat and
>
> knead less. We've yet to be ostracized for our occasional laissez-faire
> kneading
> attitude.)
> 7. Shape the bread into two or three Italian-shaped loaves or several
> mini-loaves. Do this by pressing the dough flat and folding it into thirds,
>
> or by
> rolling it up. Put the ugly seamed side down and tuck under the ends. Place
>
> the loaves on a lightly greased pan. Optionally, shape two shorter loaves
> and
> place them in greased loaf pans for "bread-shaped bread." Grease the top (I
>
> like butter), and cover with plastic wrap or a flour sack towel. Set in a
> warm
> place to rise-the oven is too warm for rising and will kill your yeast, but
>
> the top of the refrigerator is just fine.
> 8. Let those babies rise until about doubled in size, or until you get
> tired
>
> of waiting, whichever comes first. We wait anywhere from 30 minutes on a
> hungry,
> summer's day to an hour and a half on an oops-did-we-forget-about-the-bread
>
> day. Normally, 45 minutes should do it.
> 9. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. (My girls bake at 450
> degrees, and I bake at 425 because I like the little time cushion for when
> (not if)
> I get distracted and wander somewhere that I can't hear the oven timer. I
> won't tell you whose bread my husband likes better.) Preheat for 20 minutes
>
> if
> you have
> baking stones
> in your oven.
> 10. Slash the top of the loaves several times diagonally for that
> authentic,
>
> fresh-from-a-French-bakery look. Put the dough in the oven. (If you want to
> use baking stones, slide the loaves off the pans and onto the stones.)
> Spritz the interior of the oven with water. (This is optional, but gives
> the
>
> out-of-the-pan
> loaf a more tender crust. Some people have had trouble with stones and a
> few
>
> oven doors cracking from spritzing a very hot oven with cold water, so you
> may opt for a heavy duty pan with a couple cups of water set on another
> rack
>
> in the oven. Or skip it. Honestly, I skip it. We're going for simple here.
> Some of my girls spritz the loaf and the sides of the oven.) Set the timer
> for roughly 12 to 15 minutes, although it may take up to 20 minutes or
> more,
> depending on the size of your loaves and whether or not they are in pans.
> 11. Because all ovens, pans, doughs, and bakers are different, use this
> reliable test to see if your bread is done. Traditionally, cooks tap the
> bread;
> if it sounds hollow, it's done. It always sounds hollow to me when I'm
> hungry and smelling fresh bread. Therefore, I take an
> instant read thermometer
> and insert it into the ugliest part of the bread where nobody will notice a
>
> hole. If the temp reads 190 to 210, it's done.
> 12. Remove, cool briefly, slice, eat. Personally, I believe bread is a
> means
>
> of transporting butter to the mouth, so I say load on the butter!
> list end
>
> Wasn't that simple? And it didn't take all day.
>
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compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and
tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will
have been all of these.
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Re: [CnD] No knead oatmeal bread

2017-01-25 Thread Danielle Ledet via Cookinginthedark
And do you eat for breakfast, as a side, or what?

On 1/8/17, Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark
 wrote:
> This was actually the first bread I made, from the New England cookbook, put
> out by national braille press. The smell while baking about sent me into
> orbit:
>
> Mix in large bowl:
> One and a half cups boiling water 1 cup rolled oats 1/3 cup shortening 1/4
> cup molasses 1 teaspoon salt
> stir these together until well blended. Let stand until Luke warm. Mix: 1
> cup warm water
> Two packages dry yeast
> Blend well and add two other mixture. Stir in: 5 1/4 cups flour
> Mix well. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Divide into two greased loaf
> pans. Bake one hour at 350
>
> The recipe doesn't tell you to do this, but from another recipe, after
> loaves bake, I rub butter over them, and cover with a damp towel until cool.
> This prevents the bread from becoming hard.
>
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