Basic Bread

Basic Bread

You know a good bread recipe when its one you can use all the way from cinnamon to big fluffy bread loaves.

This bread will be a classic in your kitchen.

You will need

1 cup warm water

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp yeast

1 cup melted shortening

3 cups cold water

1/2 cup white sugar

2 tbsp salt

7-8 cups flour (all purpose is fine!)

Mix together warm water, yeast and sugar and let sit for 10-15 minutes until it foams and rises. (this makes sure the yeast is active!)

In stand mixer, pour in your melted shortening, water, sugar, salt and add your yeast mixer plus 1 cup of flour and beat.

Now change to your bread hook and gradually add flour a cup at a time.

Mix with Bread hook until bread is coming off the sides of the bowl and wrapping around the hook.

Place in greased plastic bowl, cover and let rise for 2 hrs.

Punch down

Use for making cinnamon buns, rolls, loaves or whatever!

This recipe is great and paliable for add ins as well (fresh herbs, cheeses etc)