Homemade Bread Preparedness

• Homemade Bread

Homemade Bread

• Step 1: In one large bowl mix: 6 cups flour (I use unbleached or whole wheat) ¾ cups organic sugar or 1 cup honey 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs ¼ cup olive oil

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• Step 2: In a smaller bowl mix:1 tablespoon yeast1 teaspoon sugar1 ½ lukewarm water (not more than 100 degrees)

• Step 3: Let yeast water rise for 10 minutes-preferably warm

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• Step 4: Mix contents of two bowls together in large bowl

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• Step 5: Knead the dough for 15 minutes on floured surface

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• Step 6: In a canner boil about 2 inches of water. Put dough in a large olive oiled bowl into the canner with the heat turned off. Cover the dough.

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• Step 7: Let rise 2 hours, until doubled in size

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• Step 8: Knead dough for 5 minutes and make any alterations, reheat canner water while kneading, then turn of heat

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• Monkey Bread: Melt butter, make a cinnamon sugarTear the dough into 1 inch pieces, roll in butter then sugar.Put in greased loaf pan.

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• Herb Bread: Add 1 tablespoon Italian Season and 1 tablespoon garlic and knead into bread. Put in greased loaf pan.

• Try you hand at braiding bread!

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• Step 9: Let rise 1 hour, covered. At this stage I put my bread on a cookie sheet and then cover it. Preheat oven to 350 degrees 15 minutes prior to baking.

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• Step 10: Optional: Whisk and egg in a small bowl. Take a pastry brush and lightly paint your bread with the egg wash. Cover with sesame or poppy seeds. Poppy seeds make people fail drug testing.

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• Step 11: Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending upon altitude and humidity.

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• Step 12: Enjoy!

Summary

• Make your own bread, it is simple and easy.

• Get other recipes and make your own style.

• Breads can be made in conventional ovens, brick ovens, solar ovens, etc.

• Breads can be made in mason jars.

• Get information on making breads from scratch. This will be invaluable information in the post collapse world.