Home made Bread

Ahhh!. Nothing smells or tastes better then homemade bread. This is the recipe my mom used for years while growing up. I started making it after I left home. My roommates at the time loved it.  And yes I made it by hand then, in the literal since too. Now I make it with a Bosch mixer.






1 cup powered milk
2 tablespoons salt
3 eggs or 3 tablespoons powdered eggs
1 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons yeast
14-16 cups flour
7 cups very warm close to hot water
1/3 cup melted butter
2/3 cup apple sauce

1. Mix 6 cups flour, sugar, salt powered milk, yeast, and dry eggs.
2. Slowly add in 7 cups water.
3. Mix in 4-5 cups flour.
4. Mix for about 5 minutes if using a mixer.
5. Mix in 2/3 cup apple sauce and 1/3 cup melted butter.
6. Mix for 3 more minutes.
7. Add in 4-5 cups flour.
8. Mix for about 5-7 minutes.
9. The dough should pull away from the sides of the bowl at this point.
10. Put dough into a large pan or bowl to rise for 30 minutes.
11. Lay on a greased counter top and knead dough to work out all the air bubbles.
12. Separate into 5 equal parts. Put into 9x5 inch bread pans that have been greased.
13. Let the dough raise in the bread pans for  15-20 minutes.
14. Bake in a preheated oven at 375. for 30 minutes. 
15. Take bread out of the pans and put them on a cooling rake to cool completely. Cut and enjoy. 

Now these are the direction for if you are making the bread in a Bosch or other type mixer. If you are making by hand, use less flour at the beginning to make in easier to mix. I have done it both ways, and the end result turns out the same. Yummy homemade bread. Now if you plan to make wheat bread, increase the yeast anywhere from 4-6 tablespoons. It really depends on the wheat to. Red Hard Wheat is more dense  I needed to add closer to 6 tablespoons and White hard Wheat really only needs between 4-5 tablespoons yeast. If you aren't used to using wheat in the bread, then slowly increase the white to wheat flour until your family is used to full 100% wheat bread. There is nothing like home made bread.

Also for another variation:
To make Cinnamon Raisin bread add 2 tablespoons Cinnamon and 2 cups raisins before adding the water.