Amish White Bread Food

AMISH WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.
• In large bowl, combine sugar, salt, 2 cups water and shortening.
• Stir in yeast mixture.
• Gradually add flour to form a soft dough.
• Turn onto floured surface and knead until smooth.
• Place in a greased bowl and cover and let rise for about 2 hours.
• Punch down and divide into 2 portions and form loaves.
• Place in greased 9 x 5 loaf pans and prick tops with fork.
• Let rise until higher than pans (about 2 hours).
• Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool for ten minutes.
• Rub butter all over tops of loaves.
• Place pans on sides until loosened.
• Remove bread from pans and cool completely on racks.

AMISH WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, then add the yeast.
• When yeast is proofed, mix in salt and oil.
• Mix in flour one cup at a time.
• Knead dough adding more flour if necessary.
• 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.
• Punch dough down.
• Knead for a few minutes and divide in half.
• Shape into loaves, and place into oiled pans.
• Allow to rise until dough has risen 1 inch above the pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes.

AMISH WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Places warm water and sugar in mixing bowl, mix to dissolve.
• Add yeast dissolve in sugar water, let stand 5-15 mins till bloomed.
• Add salt, oil, and half the flour and mix.
• Add remaining flour, use dough hook. Mix til dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• Put on lightly floured surface and knead shortly.
• Place in greased bowl, flip to cover both sides.
• Cover with warm damp towel.
• Set in warm place, let rise till double in size. About an hour.
• Remover towel and punch down.
• Lay out on lightly floured surface, cut in half.
• Flatten out into rectangle and "jelly roll" into loaf and pinch ends. Repeat with second half.
• Cover and let rise 30-50 mins til doubled in size.
• Preheat over to 350 degrees.
• Bake 25-30 mins til brown.
• Pull out and brush with melted butter.
• Let rest 10 mins on cooling rack before removing.

AMISH WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• 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.
• Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

AMISH BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Add ingredients in order given.
• Select basic bread cycle. Let it go until the bread completes the 2nd rising. Then turn off the machine and restart it on basic cycle again.
• Let cook as normal.

GRANDMA'S AMISH BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine 2 cups of the flour with the yeast.
• In a small sauce pan heat milk, sugar, butter and salt to 120-130 degrees F.
• Slowly add the milk mixture to the flour mixture beating well.
• Add the eggs and beat well.
• Slowly add the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until dough is moderately stiff.
• Knead dough until smooth and elastic using stand mixer with dough hook at medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes or 6 to 8 minutes by hand on a lightly floured board.
• Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl, turning once to coat.
• Cover bowl with a warm cloth that is slightly damp.
• Let rise 30 to 45 minutes or until double in size.
• Punch down and divide in half.
• Cover portions with the cloth and let rest 10 minutes.
• Shape dough into 2 loaves and put into greased loaf pans.
• Let rise again until double.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 375 degrees F 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.
• When completely cool wrap and store in a cool, dry place.