Milk and honey casserole bread
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| 1 | tablespoon | Salt |
| 2 | packs | Yeast |
| 4 | cups | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| 2 | teaspoons | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs (lightly beaten) | |
| ½ | cup | Honey |
| 1 | cup | Warm water |
| 1½ | cup | Whole wheat flour |
Directions
Scald milk and remove from heat. Add shortening, honey and salt. Stir to melt. Cool to lukewarm. Dissolve 2 tsp. sugar in warm water. Add yeast.
Let stand for 10 minutes. Add cooled milk mixture, eggs,whole wheat flour and 1 cup white flour. Beat 2 minutes with mixer. With wooden spoon, add remaining to make sticky soft dough using your hands. Let stand for 1 hour.
Punch down and turn into a 12 cup casserole or 2 smaller ones. Let rise again 1 hour. Bake in 375 degree oven, 45 minutes for small casseroles and 1 hour for larger one. Cool on racks.
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