Mmmmmm! Bread! - The Recipe

Here you go, Jen. This is not MY Mom's recipe. I just found it on the internet when I did a search on "Bosch, Best, White, Bread, Recipe"

Mom's Basic Bread (Makes 3 loaves)

3 cups warm water

2 tablespoons yeast

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup oil

3 t. salt

9 cups bread flour

Non-Bread Mixer Instructions:

In a large bowl put 3 cups of warm water and sprinkle the yeast and sugar in the bowl and let it sit for about 5 minutes. After it has bubbled add the oil and salt and begin to add flour a cup at a time. At first you can mix with a large wooden spoon but soon as you add flour it will get much too thick for that.

As soon as it cannot be mixed with a spoon, dump it all out on a clean counter that has been dusted with flour.

Keep adding flour and mixing and then knead your dough for about 12 to 15 minutes. Put a dishtowel over it and let sit for about 1 hour. When the dough has doubled in bulk, punch it down and knead it some more to get all the air bubbles out. Cut the dough into 3 pieces and shape them into loaves. I simply roll and shape and make it look like a loaf. Put the dough in 3 greased 8” loaf pans or 2 - 9” pans (I spray with non-stick cooking spray). Then it needs to rise once again. This time you let it rise for 30 to 40 minutes. When the bread is almost done rising you can pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Bake the loaves for 30 to 35 minutes. If bread is browning too quickly, cover with a sheet of aluminum foil until the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Bread Mixer Instructions:

If you have a high powered mixer like a Bosch then the process gets easier. Simply put all ingredients in the bowl (start with about 7 cups of flour an add flour as needed until the dough cleans off the sides of the mixer). Knead on the setting 1 or 2 for 5 to 7 minutes and that is it. You can take the dough out and proceed to form loaves and let them rise and then bake. The reason is that the Bosch incorporates a lot of air into the mixing process and the additional rise time is not needed.( I found I needed to let the dough rise about 10 minutes before shaping into loaves.) Place in 3 – 8” greased loaf pans (or 2 - 9” pans)and let rise about 30 to 40 minutes. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes.