One of the homiest smells in the world is bread. Making bread is akin to the skills of an almost forgotten time when women made bread from scratch every morning while men worked the fields. But old stereotypes shouldn’t keep you from making bread if you are interested in giving it a try. Just remember that the whole process takes hours.
Ingredients for Bread
• All-purpose flour
• Water
• Yeast
• Oil, lard, margarine or butter
Making Bread
Put ¾ cup of warm water in a mixing bowl. Add a packet of yeast. Use a fork to break up the yeast if it is clumping together. Wait ten minutes for the yeast to get active. Start adding a bit of flour a bit at a time and stirring. When the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl, get your hands clean and dig in. It’s time to mix.
Knead the dough by folding it over on itself over and over again turning it slightly in the bowl as you do so. Knead the dough for about ten minutes until it is no longer sticky and it springs back when poked. Let the dough rise in a greased bowl for an hour. Punch it down again and separate it into loaves. Allow the dough to rise again for thirty minutes before baking for twenty-five.
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