{"id":486,"date":"2015-01-02T01:08:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T01:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2017-01-27T03:22:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T03:22:50","slug":"all-purpose-white-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"All purpose white bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have one tried and true white bread recipe that I call on for all of our holiday baking, calzones, pizza crusts, cheesy bread, bread rolls and sticks, and sandwich bread.\u00a0 As I think of them, I will list the different applications you can use this bread for, and the baking instructions.\u00a0 But it all comes together the same way:<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2c warm water<\/li>\n<li>2tb yeast<\/li>\n<li>2tb honey or sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4c vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>2 ts salt<\/li>\n<li>5-6 cups white bread flour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine the warm water, yeast and honey or sugar. Let these sit together to \u2018foam\u2019 or \u2018proof\u2019. The sugar will feed the yeast and make it start foaming in the water.\u00a0 This is what gives your bread its rise.\u00a0 If your yeast does not foam, your yeast may be too old.<\/li>\n<li>Add vegetable oil, flour (start with 5 cups) and salt.\u00a0 Begin mixing until the flour is well mixed in.\u00a0 The dough should be able to form a ball. Continue adding flour until the dough is no longer so sticky that it sticks to your fingers. \u00a0If you are using an electric mixer, the dough should have cleaned the sides of the bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Knead about 10 minutes after your dough is easy to handle, if you are using a mixer you can reduce this time to 5 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0 Then let it sit in a greased bowl, covered, until it has doubled in size.\u00a0 In a warm kitchen this may be as quick as half hour or so.<\/li>\n<li>Punch down the dough and form how you want them.\u00a0 Then, bake according to the following applications:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Note &#8211; as I put together the following recipes, I will link them here so you have complete instructions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Garlic Pull Apart Bread \u2013 350F for 25 minutes or so.<\/p>\n<p>Bread Bowls &#8211; 15 minutes +\/- at 400F<\/p>\n<p>Loaves ~ makes 2, bake at 350F for 20 minutes +\/-<\/p>\n<p>Pizza ~ makes 2 larges, divide into smaller balls to make more small pizzas. \u00a0Bake at 450F for 7-10 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is melted. NO RISE NEEDED. \u00a0Form pizzas as soon as dough has been kneaded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=1525\">Pretzel Bites<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=1004\">Pretzel Pizza<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=573\">Calzones<\/a> &#8211; 400F 10-15 minutes. \u00a0NO RISE NEEDED. \u00a0Form calzones\u00a0as soon as dough as been kneaded.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cheesy Bread\" href=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=484\">Cheesy bread<\/a> \u2013 500F on parchment paper, half a batch makes 1 cookie sheets worth of cheesy bread, 9-10 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Rolls, sticks &#8211; 350F 20 minutes +\/-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Freeze:<\/p>\n<p>Wrap dough in plastic wrap after it\u2019s second rise and store in the freezer.\u00a0 To thaw, let it sit out all night before using.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have one tried and true white bread recipe that I call on for all of our holiday baking, calzones, pizza crusts, cheesy bread, bread rolls and sticks, and sandwich bread. As I think of them, I will list the different applications you can use this bread for, and the baking instructions. 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