Category Archives: bread

Sep 10

Simple but oh so good White Bread

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I have always wondered why my favorite white bread came from the little Amish General store in Loveville till I finally got the recipe the other day. It is so simple and easy to make I just had to share it with ya’ll. I hope ya’ll enjoy it.

Amish White Bread:

2 cups warm water (110 degrees F)

2/3 cup white sugar

1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup vegetable oil

6 cups bread flour or a good white flour

In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam.

Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Keep out of drafts.

Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9×5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans. Again keep out of drafts.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Serve with butter and your favorite jams and jellies.

Hope ya’ll give this a try. Let me hear from ya’ll.

Hope to see ya’ll soon.

Jul 16

Banana Bread

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Tim’s potassium is low again so the doctor has him eating alot of tomatoes and bananas. So when the bananas start getting a little overripe I make banana bread. So I thought I would share the recipe with ya’ll.

Banana Bread:

1 stick unsalted butter; room temperature

1 cup sugar

2 large brown eggs; room temperature

1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour; sifted

1 tsp.baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup very ripe mashed bananas

1/2 cup sour cream

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts ( I prefer the pecans)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.

In an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. (I usually cream mine about 5 minutes) Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one.

Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Add the bananas, sour cream and vanilla.Mix well. If adding the nuts do it now.

Bake for 1 hour or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and place on wire racks to cool.

Eat and enjoy.

Give this a try and let me know what ya’ll think.

See ya’ll soon.