mmm...bread

i've been baking bread all afternoon. it smells yummy. i still have 2 pies to make but that will have to wait until tomorrow. katie is home!! :) she arrived with two big trash bags full of laundry. she's also planning to switch from biochem to social work. i have no idea what spurred this on but i'm sure she'll do fine with whatever she chooses. she can't change anything until next semester and by then she might change her mind again.

bread recipe:

1/2 cup warm water

1 pkg or 1 tbsp yeast

1 tsp sugar or honey

stir sugar or honey into warm water. add yeast and let rise in a warm place for 10 minutes.

3 cups warm water

1/2 cup sugar or honey or molasses

1 tsp salt

1Tbsp vinegar

1 large egg

1/2 cup vegetable oil OR 1/2 cup applesauce

6 cups flour,

mix together first 6 ingredients. add two cups flour and risen yeast. beat well until yeast and flour are absorbed. add more flour a cup at a time, and continue kneading in more flour until dough will no longer absorb any more. dough should be smooth and elastic by this time.
grease a large bowl and place dough inside bowl. turn dough in bowl to grease all sides and cover with a towel. let rise for 1 hour in a warm place. remove dough from bowl, punch down and let rest 5 minutes, then form into loaves or buns. rise for another hour. bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees. makes 2 large loaves or 3 smaller loaves.

note: i usually let the loaves rise for two hours prior to baking.

ah, thanksgiving.... next to samhain it's my favourite holiday. this year will mark 15 years since i met the wonderful man i share my life with.

happy thanksgiving weekend to my fellow canucks. happy weekend to the rest of you. :)

i'm off to check on my bread.