My most requested item i make

Bread!!! I make this for holiday gifts, also when i really would like something tasty in the house. I tend to make more bread in the winter time. I find there is nothing better than the smell of homemade bread on a cold day. 

This is one of my favorite bread recipes: Soft White Bread

Soft White Bread:
Ingredients-
4-6 cups of white flour
2 packs yeast in 1/4 cup warm water
add a small pinch of sugar to the yeast mixture to activate it.
3 tsp salt
6 Tbs shortning
2 1/4 cup water
3/4 c milk (sometimes i use sour milk. It gives it a richer flavor)
6 Tbs Sugar

Directions-
Put milk & water in pan and scald (don't boil, just long enough where bubbles form along edge of pot).
Add shortening, sugar, and salt to water/milk mixture until melted. Set aside and let cool to lukewarm.

While mixture is cooling put yeast, pinch of sugar and 1/4 cup of warm water in small bowl and stir slightly to dissolve.

Pour yeast in with milk/water mixture after lukewarm. Add flour in one cup at a time. mix with spoon until able to turn out on floured surface and then start kneading in flour until smooth and elastic.

The amount of flour used depends on a lot of factors. I never use the same amount of flour when i make bread. What you are looking for is a smooth elastic feel to your bread. Sometimes you will have to knead for 10 minutes or 30 minutes to get there. Bread is not an exact science!

Put dough in greased bowl and let rise til double. Punch down and form loaves or rolls, let rise for about 30 minutes.

Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes. It really depends on your oven or how golden you like your rolls.

When they come out i let them set for about 10 minutes then brush butter on top. If you are wanting that Grandy's Restaurant taste, mix honey and butter together and brush with honey butter.



And That Is My Soft White Bread! A great idea would be to make these ahead of time and freeze them. Then when holidays show up you have delicious homemade rolls ready to go.

Why I am starting a blog

Note: First of all i apologize in advance. I am not a blogger by nature and therefore may not have the blogger lingo or the blogger frequency of other more professional bloggers. 

Now on to the reason why I am starting a blog. I am always getting request for recipes and always getting request for certain dishes when people come over for dinner. I thought this would save me some ink, not to mention the forest that will be spared.

Some of my recipes are very simple, and some of them are more difficult, but non of them are impossible. They are 90% budget friendly made with things that are always in the house as well as ways to use leftovers to make completely new dishes.

I have an Amish background and have always had a passion for cooking and baking. I love to try new recipes and am always looking for ways to improve the ones i have. I am not a bottomless well of information but would gladly try to answer any questions people may have about cooking or baking.

Good recipes are soon to follow...