Making Bread

Not that there's anything wrong with Pepperidge Farm. They do some fine work and really haven't let me down. But this morning I thought I'd make some bread, because I'm domestic like that.

Ingredients at the ready: whole wheat & all-purpose flour, egg, honey, water, salt, yeast, butter

Kneading it thoroughly. For a long time.

After rising for two hours on the screen porch (a very good place in the summer)

It turned out scrumptious. Maybe try some with butter and whipped honey?

Recipe:

1/4 cup warm water

I package yeast

(together in a bowl until the yeast is dissolved)

then add:

1 egg, beaten

2 and 1/2 cups warm water

1/4 to 1/2 cup honey, sugar or maple syrup

1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 stick butter

then:

4 cups whole wheat flour

4 cups all-purpose flour

knead for 10-20 minutes, lightly pushing away the dough with the heel of your hand and folding it over. Once it is smooth, elastic and satiny, let it rise in a greased bowl in a warm spot for an hour (covered with a clean cloth). After an hour, punch down the dough, separate into 3 portions, let rest for 10 minutes under a clean cloth. Then shape as desired, put into greased pans and let rise for 45 minutes (again with the clean cloth - just in case you were tempted to put a dirty cloth over your nice bread dough). Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.