Em's Bread

This recipe will make 9 loaves or 7 loaves and 1-2 pans of rolls.  I usually make loaves AND rolls.  I put my rolls in the freezer and pull a few out for dinner.  They taste just like they came out of the oven! I make this recipe in my large universal plus bosche.  You may need to 1/2 the recipe if you have a smaller mixer.

INGREDIENTS:

7 1/2 c. warm water (not hot)

3 Tbsp. yeast

1 c. honey

½ c. potato flakes

3 tsp. salt

3/4 c. oil

1 ½ tsp. cinnamon, optional

2 T. Vital Wheat Gluten

2 T. Dough Enhancer

9 c. wheat flour (grind 6 c. of wheat kernels)

5 1/2-6 1/2 c. white flour

olive oil

DIRECTIONS:

1. In boshe add water, honey, and yeast into mixer. Mix enough to allow even distribution. Allow to sit while wheat is being ground (about 5-7 minutes).

2. Add the potato flakes and mix until dissolved.  Add salt, oil, cinnamon, wheat gluten, dough enhancer, and ground wheat flour.

Add additional white flour until dough starts to pull clean from the side of the mixer bowl or until the dough is slightly sticky to a finger.  DON'T ADD TOO MUCH FLOUR!!! or your bread will be dry.

3. Knead dough in mixer for 12 minutes.

4. Pour 1/2 c. of olive oil on the counter where you will placing your dough.  Lubricate hands with olive oil and pull all of the dough out of the bowl onto the oiled surface.

5. Form dough into loaves.  
**Click the link on the homepage "How to Form Loaves of Bread" for instructions and pictures.

6. Form dough into rolls.

**Click the link on the homepage "How to Form Rolls" for instructions and pictures.

7. Bake loaves for 28-35 minutes.  It depends on your oven.  I bake mine for 30 min.

    Bake rolls for 12-15 minutes.

    **I only use 1 baking rack when I bake my loaves so they bake evenly.  I only have 1 oven so I bake 4 loaves at a time.  After all of my bread is baked I bake my rolls for 12-15 minutes (one pan at a time).