Pain Blanc

"This is my grandmother's bread recipe. I love it, and so does my husband and kids. These can be frozen as soon as they have cooled. They taste just as good when thawed. At Christmas time, I bake extra batches and give them out to my siblings so they can also reminisce about their childhood."
 
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Ready In:
8hrs 35mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
5 loaves

ingredients

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directions

  • Dissolve 1 tsp sugar in 1/2 cup warm water and sprinkle with yeast; place in a 2-cup mixing bowl and let rise in oven with only the oven light on for about 20 minutes or until the yeast has nearly reached the top.
  • In a 12-quart pot, add the yeast mixture.
  • Add 4 cups warm water, 4 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp salt and 1/2 cup cooking oil.
  • Gradually add 11+ cups flour and knead about 10 minutes.
  • Put the lid on the pot and place in oven (with only the oven light on) until the bread rises to the top of the pot.
  • Punch down the dough with floured hands and knead about 5 minutes.
  • Again, put the lid on the pot and place in the oven (with only the oven light on) and let rise until the dough reaches the top.
  • Punch down with buttered hands and place the dough on your buttered counter or table.
  • Cut the dough into 5 equal pieces.
  • Shape into 5 loaves.
  • Butter your hands and gently rub the butter onto the loaves before placing into buttered bread tins.
  • Place in oven (with only the oven light on) and let rise until doubled in bulk - about 1 hour.
  • Remove the loaves from the oven being careful not to puncture the loaves. Heat oven to 400°F then drop the temperature to 375°F Place loaves in the oven and bake for 35 minutes until golden brown.
  • Enjoy a loaf steaming hot, sliced thick with butter. mmmm.
  • The other loaves may be frozen when completely cooled.

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Reviews

  1. Excellent crumb, love the taste, and it was fairly easy to make even if it was time intensive. I've been searching for bread recipes to satisfy my store-bought bread spoiled family who always complain that homemade bread is to dense. Imagine complaining about homemade bread! However, this one received only compliments. Thank you!
     
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I am happily married for 18 years with 3 teenagers. I only work part-time because I spend lots of time at home cooking and baking healthy meals for my family including my grand-mother's homemade bread recipe. I make it the old fashioned way (with a bit of elbow grease) rather than a bread maker. The recipe makes 5 loaves and lasts me about a week. My family loves coming home on a bread making day - the house smells so yummy. I try to buy organic ingredients as much as possible. I stay away from all artificial sweeteners and low-fat items. My motto is to have a nice snack of 2 wonderful tasting high fat cookies than eating half a box of low fat tasteless cookies. My passion besides baking is homeopathy. I keep my family healthy with homepathic remedies when we are sick. My medicine cabinet has no precription medications or over the counter drugs. We have been antibiotic free since I was introduced to homeopathy about 5 years ago. It is really a gift from God.
 
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