I decided I wanted to make my own bread, but my husband doesn't like it too try. We tried a few recipes and this is the one we like that best. It came from allrecipes.com
2 Cups Warm Water
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tablespoon Dry Yeast
1 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup vegetable oil
5 cups All-Purpose Flour
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add honey and stir well. Mix in wheat flour, salt, and oil. Work in flour gradually.
Put on floured surface and kneed 10 to 15 minutes until dough in smooth and elastic. I try to keep my dough in my mixer for some of the kneeding but my mixer is really old and doesn't kneed very well so I always kneed by hand as well.
Place dough in well oiled bowl turning to coat the surface of the dough. Cover and let rise 45 minutes.
Punch dough down - shape 2 loaves and place in well greased 9x15 loaf pans. I cover them with a towel and let then raise until they are 1 to 1 1/2 inch above the pans.
Bake at 375 for 25 to 30 minutes... I even usually do a little longer because some of my bread has come out not quite cooked all the way through in the center.
To get a shiny crust brush top with butter or margarine once it comes out of the oven and then remove from pan to cool.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Homemade Yogurt
My little boy loves yogurt... he eats at least 1 thing a day so I decided that it was time to try and make my own. My mom had this recipe that she used to make so I decided to give it a go. It is a little more runny than the store bought yogurt but Adam does pretty good with it and we love it! I think it takes nice and creamy!
1 package unflavored gelatin
1 Tablespoon Sugar
3 cups water
4 cups (1 qt) milk
1 can evaporated milk
3 Tablespoons plain yogurt
Heat oven to 275
Mix together 1 package unflavored gelatin, 1 Tablespoon Sugar, and 1/4 cup water. Add 3/4 cup boiling water. Set Aside.
In a big pot mix together 4 cups of milk, 1 can evaporated milk, and 2 cups warm water. Add the gelatin mixture to the milk mixture. Add 3 Tablespoons plain yogurt and mix well.
Turn off the oven and put the pot in the oven until it sets up. When I did this I put it in overnight. My oven was actually cooling down a lot right before I went to bed so I turned it back on for just a minute to get it warm again. It still looked a little runny in the morning but it set up a little more once I put in separate containers and let it sit in the fridge.
Store in the fridge.
I separated my yogurt into 3 medium sized containers. Before we started to eat each one I added some vanilla, sugar, and frozen strawberries, thawed, cut up into small pieces.
Save 3 Tablespoons of yogurt as your starter for the next batch.
1 package unflavored gelatin
1 Tablespoon Sugar
3 cups water
4 cups (1 qt) milk
1 can evaporated milk
3 Tablespoons plain yogurt
Heat oven to 275
Mix together 1 package unflavored gelatin, 1 Tablespoon Sugar, and 1/4 cup water. Add 3/4 cup boiling water. Set Aside.
In a big pot mix together 4 cups of milk, 1 can evaporated milk, and 2 cups warm water. Add the gelatin mixture to the milk mixture. Add 3 Tablespoons plain yogurt and mix well.
Turn off the oven and put the pot in the oven until it sets up. When I did this I put it in overnight. My oven was actually cooling down a lot right before I went to bed so I turned it back on for just a minute to get it warm again. It still looked a little runny in the morning but it set up a little more once I put in separate containers and let it sit in the fridge.
Store in the fridge.
I separated my yogurt into 3 medium sized containers. Before we started to eat each one I added some vanilla, sugar, and frozen strawberries, thawed, cut up into small pieces.
Save 3 Tablespoons of yogurt as your starter for the next batch.
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