Whole Wheat Honey Bread

2/3 cup milk
4 Tbsp. oleo
3 Tbsp. honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp. granulated sugar
2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup raw bran flakes * (optional)
1/4 cup wheat germ * (optional)
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 cups bread flour (white)
2 pkgs. Fleishmann's dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tsp. sugar

(* Purchased @ Health Food Store)

Combine first 6 ingredients in small saucepan. Heat til warm and sugar is dissolved. Dissolve the yeast in the warm water and 1 tsp. sugar. When frothy, which takes just a few minutes, add to above mixture. Combine the bran flakes, wheat germ and wheat flour, mixing well, and then add to liquid mixture, mixing well. Add in the white flour, kneading till well mixed. Place in large greased warm bowl: oil top lightly. Cover with wax paper. Allow to raise in warmed oven til double in size, about 45 minutes. Reshape into 2 loaves and place in greased bread pans. Oil tops lightly and poke holes in top with a fork; cover with wax paper. Allow to raise to desired loaf size. Bake in 350 degree preheated oven til bread sounds hollow when tapped on top. Yield: 2 loaves

Directions for bread machine: Combine first 6 ingredients plus the 1 1/2 cups of water in small saucepan and heat til warm and sugar is dissolved. Pour into bread machine pan. Combine the dry ingredients, mixing together well, before adding to bread machine mixture. Make indentation in top of dry ingredients and add yeast. Start machine. (I always check dough in case it needs a little more liquid. This dough will be somewhat stiffer than for white bread.) I just set my machine on the dough setting as I prefer to raise the dough in bread pans (as directed above) and bake in conventional oven at 350 degrees. Yield: 2 loaves

Grandma's White Bread

2 cups milk
2 cups water
3 Tbsp. oil
1 tsp. salt
4 Tbsp. granulated sugar
8 cups bread flour (may need more)
2 pkg. Fleishmann's dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 tsp. granulated sugar

Combine first 5 ingredients in small saucepan. Heat til quite warm. Dissolve yeast in the 1/2 cup warm water with 1 tsp. sugar. When frothy looking, which takes just a few minutes, add to warm milk mixture. Pour into very large warm mixing bowl. Add flour a couple cups at a time, kneading well after each addition. Place in large greased bowl; grease top lightly with oil. Cover with wax paper. Allow to raise in warmed oven til double in size, about 30 minutes. Reshape into 4 loaves and place in greased bread pans. Oil tops lightly. Cover with wax paper. Allow to raise to desired loaf size. Bake in 400 degree preheated oven til bread sounds hollow when tapped on top. Yield: 4 loaves

Directions for bread machine: I half ALL ingredients as I have found that my machine handles 2 loaves very well. Combine first 5 ingredients (halved) plus 1/4 cup of water in small saucepan and heat til warm and sugar is dissolved. Pour into bread machine pan. Add the flour, making indentation in top. Add 1 pkg. yeast in center. (No need to add the tsp. of sugar.) Start machine. I just set my machine on the dough setting as I prefer to raise the dough in bread pans (as directed above) and bake in conventional oven at 400 degrees. Yield: 2 loaves

Sandwich Rolls

The recipe for these rolls is just my basic bread dough, same recipe I used for my pizza crusts in an earlier post.

BASIC BREAD DOUGH

1 1/2 cups milk
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt (optional)
2 Tbsp. oil
4 cups flour
1 pkg. Fleischmann's Rapid Rise Dry Yeast

Heat first 4 ingredients in small mixing bowl on High in microwave for 1 minute. Pour into bread machine pan. Add the flour. Make indentation in top of flour with spoon. Pour dry yeast in center of flour. Set machine on dough setting. 1 hour 20 minutes later, the dough is ready to be made into rolls.

Divide dough in half, and make 6 balls of dough from each half. On a LARGE Air-Bake cookie sheet, lightly sprayed with Pam, form each ball of dough into a roll. Flatten each roll to resemble a hamburger roll. I like to make some smaller for times when I prefer just a small sandwich.

Grease tops, cover with wax paper and allow to rise 30 minutes in a warm place. I heat my oven for just 1 minute and raise my rolls in it. Bake at 400 degrees in preheated oven for approximately 15 minutes until brown and hollow sounding when lightly tapped. By using the larger size baking sheet, I can fit all 12 on the same sheet. Cool thoroughly on cooling racks. Store in plastic storage bags in refrigerator. They freeze well, too. Yield: 12 large rolls. ENJOY!!!

Pizza Crusts

(Time: 1 hr. 45 min., start to finish)

1 1/2 cups milk
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt (optional)
2 Tbsp. oil
4 cups flour
1 pkg. Fleischmann's Dry Yeast



Heat first 4 ingredients in small mixing bowl on High in microwave for 1 minute. Pour into bread machine pan. Add the flour. Make indentation in top of flour with spoon. Pour dry yeast in center of flour. Set machine on dough setting. 1 hour 20 minutes later, the dough is ready to be made into crusts.

Divide dough in half, and make 6 balls of dough from each half. On Air-Bake cookie sheets, lightly sprayed with Pam, form each ball of dough into a pizza crust. I make mine bread-and-butter-plate size.

Bake at 400 degrees in preheated oven for approximately 8 minutes. I bake one sheet while I form the remaining 6 on another sheet. Cool thoroughly on cooling racks. Store in plastic storage bags in refrigerator. They freeze well, too. Yield: 12 crusts. ENJOY!!!