Sunday, February 22, 2015

Bread in a Bag

A fun family project
Ingredients to have ready:
2C flour
1 1/4 C Wheat flour
1 pkg Dry yeast
1 1/4 C warm water
2 Tbl Honey
2 Tbl Dry milk
1 Tbl oil
1 1/2 tsp salt

1.  In a large heavy plastic bag (gallon size zip-loc) add:
     1/2 C flour
     1 pkg. yeast (1 1/2 Tbl yeast)
     1 Tbl Honey
Blend until well mixed.  Let rest 15 minutes.  Mixture should be very bubbly.
2.  Add to the ingredients in the bag:
     3/4 C warm water
     1 Tbl honey
     2 Tbl dry milk
     1 Tbl oil
     1 1/2 tsp salt
Mix well and add:
     1 3/4 C wheat flour
3.  Add to bag:
     1 C flour

Work dough in bag until well blended.  If dough is sticky add a little more flour (1/8 C)
Turn dough out of bag on a lightly floured surface Use only enough flour to keep it from sticking to the table.
Knead dough until satiny, about 10 minutes.  You cannot over knead. The dough will feel light and spongy.  If it is very sticky continue k neading using only enough flour to keep from sticking.  Cover dough with plastic bag and let rest for 10 minutes.  Then shape dough and put in a greased pan and let rise until double.  Bake in preheated 400 degree oven 30-40 minutes.  Less time for smaller loaf - start at 20 minutes.

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