Grandpa Elzinga's Bread

"Childhood memories of Sunday evening sandwiches or toast with "dipping jelly" The recipe called for "sifters of flour" so I did my best to convert the measurements. I even felt a little dirty buying lard, but would rather not have it at all than mess with this recipe"
 
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Ready In:
4hrs 25mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
3 loaves
Serves:
30
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ingredients

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directions

  • Melt lard.
  • Sift first installment of white flour into warm water and yeast and mix mixer.
  • Add honey, lard, salt, dry milk, and sifted wheat flour, continue to mix.
  • Change to bread hook and add most of last installment of white flour.
  • Continue to allow to knead, add enough of last flour to have it pull away from sides of mixer.
  • Oil bowl and drop the dough in, oil on all sides.
  • let rise 1 1/2 hours in warm place.
  • punch down and let rise 1 more hour.
  • divide into 3 and place in 3 greased bread tins rise one more time.
  • bake 425 for 10 min and 375 for 15 min until hollow sound if tapped (int. temp 190-200).

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Reviews

  1. "Praise the Lard" The best bread ever! Gotta have it with butter and raspberry jam.
     
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