Grandma Merlene’s 90th birthday was yesterday. So I decided she might like some homemade bread.
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| Here’s grandma Merlene, 90 years old today! She’s holding her light wheat bread |
I have an old Amish white bread recipe that I love. But I want to get a little healthier. So I often put in a cup and a hlaf of wheat flour to the recipe so it is like a light wheat bread. It is not too heavy, but it has a hint of wheat to it,but still light and fluffy like a good homemade white bread should be. Not too dense, if you know what I mean.
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| Warm water mixed with the yeast….then add sugar after it foams up a bit…. |
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I was going to use honey in this recipe but I used sugar instead, but I used
both kinds of flour. |
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| I used the Wesson canola oil for my bread…. |
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| Then add the oil and salt. |
RECIPE FOR LIGHT WHEAT BREAD
2 Cups warm water
1 1/2 Tablespoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup white sugar
1/4 cup oil
1 1/2 cups wheat flour
4 to 4 1/2 cups white flour
In a large bowl yeast in water, then add sugar to feed yeast. Allow to foam up. Add salt and oil and mix up. Add flour 1 cup or so at a time. Knead dough until smooth 3-4 minutes. Place in oiled bowl for an hour to rise and Cover with a damp cloth till doubled in size. Divide dough in half and form into loaves and place in 2 9 x 5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for 30 minutes or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Makes 2 loaves. Can make all white by substituting wheat flour for white and it is just as easy and yummy.
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| Cute flour and sugar holders…..I need some of these… |
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You could use your dough hook, but it seriously takes about 3 to 4 minutes to get it all ready to rise! I just
do it by hand because it is so easy to clean up. |
While it was baking I thought I’d put up my St. Patrick’s Day stuff. I only had enough for the front table….
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My St. Patrick’s Day front entry table….I made the leprechaun a few years back with my class.
We used empty lamination rolls for the body. It took me a year to save up enough at my school! |
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| Anyway, Grandma Merlene loves homemade bread. I hope she liked mine. |
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| And I had to have a few slices too….good thing this recipe makes 2 loaves! |
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| Anyway, this wheat bread is real easy, yummy, and good for you! Wanna bite? |
