Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 packages active dry yeast
1 t salt
1 cup water
1 cup milk, 2% or whole
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
3-3/12 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 – 1 1/2 cups additional whole wheat flour for kneading Read More
Before you bake that loaf of bread, let’s stop a moment and discuss the temperature.
I don’t mean how hot it is outside, I mean the right temperature of the liquids used to activate yeast so that your bread and rolls rise high and light.
You can be precise and use a thermometer, but as my Aunt-in-law Mama D always said – “Don’t make a federal case out of using yeast.”
I always listen to her.
The following three words are a great way to remember the non-federal case way to activate yeast. Read More
Makes 18 rolls
Ingredients:
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cups sugar
2 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
2 packages dry yeast
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, salted
Flour for kneading
1/3 cup butter Read More
The most important part to making pizza is giving it good “bones”. Nothing is more important than the crust. My standard go-to recipe is from my husband’s Aunt Jenny, who was better known in Minneapolis St. Paul area as Mama D.
Ingredients:
2 envelopes dry yeast
2 cups warm water
5 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for kneading
1 1/2 t salt
1/2 t sugar
4 T olive oil Read More
Ingredients:
3 – 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 T sugar
1 1/2 t salt
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup milk
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded Read More
Ingredients:
2 envelopes dry yeast
2 C warm water
5 C bread flour, plus more for kneading
1 1/2 t salt
1 t sugar
4 T olive oil Read More
Makes two medium loaves
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 pkg dry yeast
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 t salt
1 1/2 t sugar
2 T olive oil
flour for kneading Read More
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Ingredients:
2 pkg dry yeast
1/4 cup molasses
1 1/2 t salt
2 1/2 cup rye flour
1 t crushed fennel seed
2 1/2 – 3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
3 T grated orange peel
2 T shortening
1 t crushed anise seed Read More
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