My Favorite Bread Recipe

                Another way Anthony and I have been trying to save money is to make our own bread. I make bread at the beginning of the week so that Anthony can have his favorite sandwiches for lunch during the week. (Those being turkey and avocado & peanut butter and jelly!)

                One thing that I’ve found is that homemade bread dries out so quickly. I read up about ways to avoid our bread from drying out. I found out that you can just replace ¼ c of the flour you use for ¼ c. of potato flour.

                The potato flour makes the bread softer and last longer. The bread never dries out during the week! It’s a miracle! Here is the recipe I use:

Homemade Bread

½ C.  Butter

½ Tb  Salt

½ C. Sugar (or you can use a substitute like honey)

1 C. Milk (I sometimes substitute with almond milk. Shh…don’t tell Anthony!)

2 C. Cold Water

1 ½ Tb. Active Dry Yeast

½ C. Warm Water

10 ½ C. of flour (whole wheat, white, whatever you want works)

¼ - ½ C. Potato Flour

2 Eggs

 Directions:

In a saucepan combine butter, salt, sugar and milk. Stir until butter melts and the mixture boils a little. Stir in 2 cups of cold water. Combine yeast with warm water (add a tsp. of sugar on top to make sure the yeast is still active). Beat 2 eggs in a bowl. Pour the mixture into a mixing bowl along with 3-4 cups of flour (This is when I add the potato flour). Add the yeast and eggs. Add in the rest of the flour a little at a time. Knead in extra flour. Put into a bowl that is greased (with spray, butter, coconut oil or whatever else you use). Place the dough in greased bowl and spray the top of the dough (this help is to not dry out). Let the dough rise. Once is doubles in size, punch the dough and let rise again. Then separate the dough into three sections. It makes 3 loaves of bread. Bake at 375 degrees F.

I cut this recipe in half. When I do it creates one loaf and 12 rolls or cinnamon rolls. Delicious! Enjoy!