Today I made homemade bread, homemade butter and topped it with my homemade jam! Yep, that's right I do it all!!! Sometimes I really feel I deserve a pat on the back, so that's what I am doing right now!!! It's been a long day, sorry for the goofiness! Here are the bread and butter recipes:
Butter
Couldn't be easier and a fun project to do with your kids!
Ingredients:
Heavy cream
Kosher salt (regular salt works too)
Directions:
Put cream and butter in jar (I didn't even measure, maybe 1/2 cup cream and a tsp. salt?)
Shake it vigorously until butter forms. Drain off excess liquid. Spread immediately or chill in refrigerator.
Amish White Bread
LOVE this recipe. My bread NEVER turns out, but this recipe just works for me! It always rises beautifully and gets golden brown and DELICIOUS! I got it from allrecipes.com
Ingredients:
2 cups warm water
2/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 Tbs. yeast
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
5-6 cups flour
Directions:
In a LARGE bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water and stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast is foamy. Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, turn dough to coat (so won't dry out). Cover with damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch dough down, knead a few minutes and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise 30 minutes or until dough has risen above bread pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
***One thing I do to help the rising process is that I turn my oven onto its lowest heat and set my bowls on or near the oven to rise. This is especially helpful when baking in the winter months.
