Sally's Everyday Bread
Posted by pbzmor over 2 years ago
My mother-in-law used to make wonderful yeast rolls. She would make them and then freeze them. Whenever the need (or knead) for yeast rolls arose, she would product a plastic bag with a dozen or two in it. They were great! I can remember back when we had a sailboat, sailing back from Monhegan Island to Boothbay Harbor munching on Nana's rolls and listening to Parker read from an absolutely hilarious book as we sloshed along in dying wind. Anyway, Nana did something awful. She passed away without teaching us how to make her rolls! Holidays are when we miss them most. This year, my friend Sally gave me a recipe she said she used at Thanksgiving to make rolls. This is a simple recipe and i tried it this past weekend. The dough can be used to make rolls or bread but, frankly, the bread I made was much better than the rolls.
Sally's Everyday Bread "2 hours from mixing bowl to oven"
3 cups warm water 3 Tblsp or 3 envelopes yeast 1/4 cup sugar or honey (I used honey) 8 - 10 cups flour (i used about 9-1/2) 5 tsp. salt (I used 4 but perhaps should have used 5) 5 Tblsp oil
Combine water, yeast, supga/honey in large bowl. Stir until yeast dissolves. Add salt & half of the flour. (Can substitute 1 to 4 cups of whole wheat flour or 1/4 - 1/2 cup of wheat germ at this point.) Beat hard with spoon until batter is smooth. Add remaining flour and blend well with spoon and hands. Pour oil over dough and knead in bowl for a couple minutes. Oil makes this easy. Cover bowl and let rise until double - about 45 minutes. Turn out on floured board and knead slightly. Shape into 2 loaves and place in buttered pans, or make into rolls. (1/2 recipe makes large pan of rolls.) Let rise until double. Bake at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes (rolls probably 15 minutes or so.) Brush tops with butter for a pretty crust after removing from the oven. Enjoy!
null