Homemade bread

Homemade bread

Ingredients/Components

• sugar - 1 tsp
• salt - 1 Tbsp
• eggs, well beaten - 4 item
• 1/2 cups milk - 1 item
• medium potato - 1 item
• packages dry yeast - 2 item
• cup water, lukewarm - 1 item
• cups potato water - 2 item
• - 1 cup sugar - 3/4 item
• 9-10 cups sifted flour
• cup Crisco shortening - 1/3 item

How to make homemade bread:

First make potato water. Peel and dice 1 medium potato. Cook in 2 1/2 cups water until well done, about 20 minutes. Pour potatoes and water through strainer or blend in blender until well blended. It should look like milky, cloudy water, and is used in making the bread.

For bread: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add 1 tsp. sugar and set aside. Scald milk and pour into large bowl. Add potato water, which is also hot. Add eggs carefully to milk and potato water. Also add sugar and salt. Mix well and let cool until lukewarm. When luckwarm, add dissolved yeast. Mix well. Add 4 to 5 cups flour and mix well. Melt Crisco. Let cool; then add it to bread mixture and mix well. Add remaining flour and mix well as possible. The dough should be stiff. Knead 10-15 minutes, until smooth and elastic, but a bit sticky. Pour in a large greased bowl to let rise until double in bulk. Punch down and let rise again. After second rising, punch down and make bread into loaves, buns, cinnamon rolls, or cloverleaf rolls. Let rise 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-10 minutes or until light golden brown.

Recipe categories: Breads, Low cholesterol, Yeast breads.