Here’s another from the archives, that people have been requesting!
Soft on the inside, with a nice little crust on the outside.
This bread is a bit dense, but not super heavy like I thought it might be. Yummy stuff! Are ya ready to bake?
Ingredients
- 2 cups warm water
- 2/3 cup honey – * I only use 1/3 cup, and find it works just as well!
- 2 tablespoons dry active yeast
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 6 cups bread (or all-purpose) flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Whisk warm water and honey together until honey is dissolved.
- Whisk in yeast, cover with a towel, and let sit for 20 minutes. When you uncover it, you should have a nice little frothy/bubbly type layer on top.
- Mix in salt, then add flour, one cup at a time.
- Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead for about 5 minutes, or until it is smooth and elastic.
- Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a towel, and let rise for 1 hour.
- Punch down dough, knead slightly until you have it back into a ball, then divide into two loaves.
- Place in two lightly oiled loaf pans, cover with a towel, and let rise for another 30 minutes.
- Remove towel and place in oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until lightly browned on top. (My oven took 40 minutes)
- Remove from pans, and place on cooling rack.
That’s it! Pretty simple, eh?
I should mention a couple of my personal notes here.
First, I changed the amount of yeast in the original recipe from 1 3/4 tablespoons to 2 tablespoons, simply because it is easier. lol It made the bread rise nicely though, and I think if I had used less, it would have been more dense.
Secondly, I didn’t ever turn out my bread to knead on the counter. I let my KitchenAid do all the work for me. :) If you don’t have a KitchenAid though (or a good bread/dough mixer), make sure not to skip that step!
Lastly, if you don’t have honey, you can use the same amount of sugar as you would honey, but add 1/4 cup of oil to the recipe when you are adding the salt. (step 4) Then bake it at 350° instead of 325°.
Even though I know this was posted on Facebook, I want to give you the link to the original recipe. Why? Because it is the nice thing to do.
You can find it here.
Happy Baking, my friends!
It is dang-nab nummy!
Bread is good for the soul =-) This looks amazing – do you think I could use the same recipe in a breadmaker?
Hi Ronni!
I think just about any bread recipe can be made in a bread machine, but most times you need to cut the original recipe in half. Check out this page – it tells you different methods you can use to convert: Converting Traditional Recipes to Bread Machine
Hope this helps!
I LOVE mama Tori’s homemade bread! DELISH!!!
Thanks, sweetie! I will get some made for you again soon.
I bet the Honey adds a nice sweetness. I’ll have to try that the next time. Thank you!
You’re welcome, Carla! I love baking, and especially bread, but the easier the recipes are, the better. LOL! If you try it, let me know how it turns out!