Making Bread

Zion woke up very early the other morning so we took advantage of the time and made bread dough before I started work for the day. Travis bought a large step stool for his work in the kitchen and it was perfect for Zion to stand on so she could help. She was very good at helping and I was very impressesd. We are including the recipe for your enjoyment if you would like to have an adventure in breadmaking.

Ingredients:
3 packages dry yeast
1 T sugar
1 cup warm water
3 1/2 cups warm water
2 cups powdered milk
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
1/2 t salt

Directions:
Mix yeast, sugar and 1 cup water and proof for 10 minutes (ie let it sit and leave it alone) While it is proofing combine the remaining water, powdered milk, honey, oil, eggs, and salt. Add the yeast mixture and stir. Add 12 cups of flour slowly and mix.

Knead about 10 minutes. (Your arms will get a good workout) Let it rise in a large bowl or two bowls covered with a towel for 1 1/2 hours.
Don't forget to clean up after yourself as you go along. Bread dough is messy!
Punch it down. (This is the fun part) and then take it out and form it into loaves, rolls, cinnamon rolls or whatever you want to make. It makes 5 loaves so you will want to separate it into 5 even parts. We made one plain loaf, one cinnamon sugar, one pizza, rolls, and our version of cinna sticks (if you have ever had those from dominos...Travis and I used to work there(0:) To make the stuffed breads all you do is spread the dough for that loaf out in a square and put the sauce and cheese or butter and cinnamon and sugar. You get creative and make up your own.

Then let it rise again in the pans for 1 hour.

Bake at 400 for 30 minutes.

Adjust baking time for anything smaller like the rolls.

Enjoy! The smell is great and it tastes great too!