Farm House Bread

By Addie

'I confess. I cheat. I use a bread machine to do the work. I bake the bread in my oven in a regular loaf pan, usually while I am making something else for our supper. The bread machine does all of the mixing and the rising and I take the credit. This recipe makes very good rolls too. I have even used it for buns… Everything should be at room temperature." (from Roxie)


I tried this recipe and it was really great! Hubby said it was the best homemade bread he had ever had. I don’t have a bread machine but I did knead it in my Kitchen Aid mixer. I just dissolved the yeast and sugar in the warm water, added the margarine and added everything else with the flour last. We toasted it in the toaster for breakfast and it was delicious! Enjoy! (Tawra Kellam)

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 Tbsp. butter (margarine works fine)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons yeast
• 4 cups flour

Preparation

Step 1

Put the yeast in the bread machine first. Then add the liquids. Next, add the solid ingredients with the flour last. Push button and wait for a wonderful thing to happen. Dough forms.

After the first rise, remove the dough and form a loaf… Put it into a buttered pan and let rise again until double and bake at 375° for 25 minutes.

This makes the best toast. Honest! I like to make what my kids and husband calls skillet toast… Just butter the bread and toast it in a hot skillet…
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NOTE:

Almost all breads when you let them rise it is always double in size each time. Sometimes the recipe will say 30 mins., 20 mins or until double. It’s something you just eyeball. When you put it in the loaf pan when it looks like a normal loaf of bread it is usually ready.

The only thing you need to watch for is if you let breads raise too long when they bake they will sink a little or wrinkle on the top but it will still be eatable.