Bread Recipe

I received a lot of comments asking for the recipe of the bread I posted about yesterday. I totally spaced including the recipe! After I did that post I decided to make crescent rolls ha ha. They just sounded so good! Anyway, here's the recipe! Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 c. warm water
• 1 Tbsp. active dry yeast [instant]
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 Tbsp. oil
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 c. flour

Baking Instructions

• Sprinkle the yeast over warm water. [Want to know a trick? You know the temperature of the water is right when it doesn't feel hot and it doesn't feel cold to the touch. It's right in the middle and almost doesn't have a temperature. Sounds pretty basic, but it makes a lot of sense if you're struggling to get the temp right!]
• Add in sugar, oil, salt, and 1 cup of the flour. Mix it well with a whisk. [It works a lot easier to do this at first instead of putting it under the mixer.]
• Stir in one more cup of flour, then put the mixture under your KitchenAid or mixer. [I've never tried making it without a mixer and just mixing by hand. But if you do try it that way, I would change from the whisk to a spoon so the dough doesn't get stuck.]
• Mix with the KitchenAid a little more, then slowly add the last cup of flour till the dough is pliable but not too dry. [I ended up using 3/4 of the last cup and not the full cup. The first time I made it I used the whole cup and parts of the dough were dry.]
• Take the dough out and knead it for 5-10 minutes. [I like to use my rolling pin for this to get all the air bubbles out, as well as kneading with my hands.]
• Shape the dough into a loaf and put into a large and greased bread pan. [I like to use butter to grease it - it really adds to the flavor and it comes right out of the pan.]
• Let the dough rise in the pan till double in size - about 45 minutes.
• Brush the top of the loaf with melted butter for extra shine and flavor if you'd like.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

For crescent rolls, I baked them for 12 minutes at 350 degrees [I brushed those as well] and the batch made just a little over a dozen.