Pumpkin Bread

Mix: 2 c. sugar 1 c. vegtable oil 3 eggs 2 c. pumpkin (1 large can) Add dry ingreedients: 1/2 t. salt 1/2 t. baking powder 1 t. baking soda 1 t. cloves 1 t. cinnamon 1 t. nutmeg 3 c. flour Put into greased loaf pans. Bake @ 300 degrees for 1 hour.

White Bread 101

(King Arther Baking Companion)
Makes 1 loaf

3 c. unbleached all purpose flour
2 t. instant yeast
1 1/4 t. salt
3 T. sugar
4 T. butter
1/4 c. nonfat dry milk
1/3 c. potato flakes (unseasoned)
1 1/4 c. lukewarm water

In bowl of a stand mixer, combine sugar, water, and yeast and let stand 5 minutes while you measure out the rest of the ingredients. After 5 minutes, add rest of ingredients to bowl and mix until a nice soft dough forms.

Let rise in warm place until double. Remove from bowl and shape into a rectangle. Roll dough up and place in greased 8x4 inch loaf pan. allow to rise until double once more. Bake in preheated 350 oven for 35-40 minutes.

Makes great sandwich bread, nice flavor and easy to slice.

French Bread

Makes 2-3 loaves

6 c. bread flour
2 T. yeast
2 T. Butter
2 1/2 c. water
1 T. salt

Mix in mixer. Let rise until double.
Pat into rectangle.
Divede into 2 to 3 loaves.
Roll tightly. Let rise 1/2 hour.
Mist with water.
Bake @ 425 for 25-35 minutes depending on number of loaves.

compliments of Wendy Jones

Apple Muffins

Here's another post, looks super yummy.

Apple Muffins
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
Cream ingredients together. Add:
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp bakin powder
2 cups of flour
Mix together and then fold in:
1/2 cup sour cream
3 apples peeled and coarsely chopped
Bake at 350
When cooled frost with Maple Brown Sugar Frosting
I usually half the recipe
2 sticks of butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 cup of whipping cream (I usually use a dash of milk)
Heat all ingredients to boiling while stirring constantly
Remove from heat and add:
2 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mother's Never Fail Bread

I hear B's been the Betty lately with the bread making. This is the recipe she used. I've tasted it and it's yummy. But I have yet to make some of my own.

This is the whole recipe, 6 loaves

5 1/4 c. hot tap water
2/3 c. oil
2/3 c. honey
2 T. salt
3 T. dry yeast
1/4 c. gluten flour
9 c. whole wheat flour
3 c. white flour

Combine all ingredients except white flour. Let raise to top of bowl. Mix again and add 3 c. white flour or until dough cleans sides of bowl. Knead 6 minutes. Put in pans. Let rise for approximately 20 minutes in warm place. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Don't over bake.

Bran Muffins

Grandma Mary's

Mix together:
5 t. baking soda
2 c. boiling water
1 qt. buttermilk

Cream together:
1 c. shortening
1 t. salt
3 c. sugar
4 eggs

Add:
5 c. flour
5 c. bran flakes (cereal)

Pour into prepared muffin cups and or tin and bake @ 400 for 20 minutes. Bake what you want, store the remaining mix in the refridgerator. Do not stir after mixed, just spoon out what is needed. Recipe can be halved.

Cleone's Bread

Makes 2 loaves:
2 1/2 c. warm water
3/4 c. sugar
2 T. yeast
Mix altogether til bubbles (15 min.)

Add:
1/4 c. oil
1 T. salt
6 c. flour ... I use 5 c. white wheat and 1 c. white flour

Knead:
In Bosch let run for 5 min.
By hand 20 min.

Let dough raise til it nears the top of your Bosch bowl. You can punch down and let raise again, but I never do.

To make the 1st loaf, take half of the dough and pound it out flat on the counter with your hands. Roll it up (form it to look like a loaf) and pinch the end together with the rest of the loaf. Place in greased bread loaf pans. I just spray with Pam. Once in the bread pan, pound down the loaf with your fist to get all the air bubbles out. Then let raise until it has doubled in size.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 min.


Measurements for 4 loaves:
4 T. yeast
5 c. warm water
1 1/2 c. sugar
Mix together til bubbles
Add 1/2 c. oil
2 T. salt
12 c. flour

Then follow same directions as for 2 loaves.

Hints:
Never put salt directly onto yeast mixture. Always make a pocket in the flour to drop the salt into.
If bread isn't rising because your house is cold, turn on the oven to preheat and set bread ontop of the burners, make sure they are turned off. (The heat from the oven will come up and the bread will rise faster).
When you pound out your bread loaves on the counter use about a T. of oil. Your bread won't stick and it'll come out all pretty and shiny looking.