Homemade Wheat Bread & Honey butter
The skill of making bread may seem old-fashioned until there is a pandemic and the store shelves are empty.
You never know when the skill of baking bread will come in handy. Right now the store shelves are empty, thanks to COVID-19, and if your family is anything like my family you NEED bread. I will tell you, this is my sisters recipe. She’s the queen when it comes to making bread. When I was struggling with a recipe she stepped in and helped me succeed with this recipe.
Homemade Wheat Bread
Yield: 5 loaves
In the mixer mix:
7 C of flour (I used 5 cups of wheat and 2 cups all-purpose or bread flour) plus more below
3 T Yeast (Saf-Instant is best)
1 T Sugar
5 1/2 C warm-hot water
Mix until smooth
add 1 more cup of flour & mix
Then add:
2/3 C oil
2/3 C honey
2 T salt
4 C more flour
Mix or knead for 15-20 minutes
Instructions
My dough on the oiled counter waiting 10 minutes….
1. After you are done kneading the dough in mixer put on an oiled counter. Knead into a ball and let sit for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes divide into 5 equal parts. (I weighed the dough and divided into 5)
Shape into loaves and place in oiled bread pans. Let rise 45-60 minutes or until double in size with a towel over them.
Bake at 350 in pre-heated oven for 25 minutes.
Once pans are done baking butter the tops and dump out of pan onto wire cooling racks.
My loaves after rising an hour before they go in the oven.
For the honey butter:
1 C butter (room-temp)
1/2 C honey
1/2 C powder sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
2 pinches of salt
Mix butter, honey and powder sugar together until smooth. Then add cinnamon & salt and mix.
BEST Pumpkin Bread
This pumpkin bread will get you ready for fall better than falling leaves.
I promise you will be so happy if you try this. It is so good, and so moist (everyone hates that word including me but there’s no other word to describe it). Unlike other breads this one gets better the day after. I dare you to try it!
Best Pumpkin Bread
Yield: 3- standard 5”x9” loaves
For the bread:
1 (15 ounce) can of pumpkin
4 eggs
1 cup oil (I use canola)
2/3 cup water
3 cups granulated sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
For the bread:
Tip: Did you know that when you measure flour you are supposed to spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then level off the top? If you are scooping your measuring cup into your flour jar you are adding too much flour! This will cause for your baked goods to be too dry.
1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 3 loaf pans with cooking spray. You can line with parchment paper, then butter/spray with cooking spray if you so desire.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment beat together the can of pumpkin, eggs, oil, water and sugar until combined.
3. In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, baking soda salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, gloves and ginger and whisk together.
4. With the mixer of low slowly add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture until well combined.
5. Pour into prepared loaf pans. I put 30 oz of batter into each pan.
6. Put into preheated oven and bake for 60 minutes. Once done make sure you check the center of the loaf to make sure no batter comes out. If it’s not done put back in the oven for 5 minutes at a time. Mine were done right at 60 minutes (30oz batter).
Tip: I use cupcake liners for regular size muffins but not for the mini muffins.
For mini muffins:
My younger kids love mini muffins. I will make a bunch and keep them in the freezer. They love having them in their lunches too. I use a small cookie scoop to measure exact amounts. It is approx 1 Tablespoon of batter. I bake the mini muffins 14 minutes**. They bake real fast!
For traditional muffins:
1. I use the larger cookie scoop for regular size muffins. It is approx 3 tablespoons of batter and bake for around 20 minutes**.
**Remember every oven is different and times and ovens will vary. Always start with the lower cooking time and add time if needed.
