Sunday, December 23, 2018

The Twelve Loaves of Christmas

All you gotta do really, is take 3 1/4 cups of luke warm water and mix it with 2 packages OR 4 1/2 teaspoons of yeast and 1/3 cup of sugar.

If you wait 5 to 10 minutes until it gets foamy it should look like this:
Then add 2 Tbs of oil, 2 tsp of salt, 1 Tbs of vinegar and slowly 7 cups of flour. Mix that baby up so you have quite the wad of dough.
Let it sit for about 30 minutes to an hour so it can rise nice and big but not to big, you don't want it crawling on your counter.
It appears you could have one big hunk of bread on your hands but for the sake of your oven, its best to roll it out and divide it into thirds.
Once you have three even chunks of dough, grease your pans and place them in. They need to rise again for about 45 minutes then they should be ready to bake.
The recipe calls for an oven temperature of 375 but my oven runs hot so I lower the rack and heat to 350. After about 30 minutes of baking your house will smell great and you will have three amazing loaves of bread.
Now times that by 4 and give them out to your neighbors and friends for Christmas or anytime of the year really.
But don't forget the homemade peach jam.
A little disclaimer though, you could become their favorite person, just saying. 

Merry Christmas!
No Mistletoe needed.

5 comments:

Deb J. in Utah said...

Thanks for the recipe and inspiration! Merry Christmas to you!

MadSnapper n Beau said...

love the no mistletoe best of all, love your skirt, love his tie. yummm I am a bread addict. yum again. Merry Christmas

Julia said...

Your bread turned out wonderful and I love that you share your gifts from the kitchen with friends. It's a great way to keep friends. I wish I lived closer but you'd have to bake another batch. lol...

I love your no mistletoe needed picture. You both look fantastic.
Merry Christmas.
Hugs, Julia

BeachGypsy said...

I have NEVER EVER made bread!! But this inspires me and I may give it a whirl! I bet it smells so good baking. I sure do love the pretty skirt (dress?) in the picture, wonderful picture of y'all! Have a great holiday!

Linda said...

Beautiful pic of y'all!!!!