Quick Yeast Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons yeast (or 2 x 7g pkts)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups warm-hot water
• 1/4 cup cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 put 4 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt into large bowl.
• 2 pour in hot water and oil and mix until combined- it will be sticky.
• 3 add the remaining flour in increments until dough is no longer sticky.
• 4 knead for about 5 minutes until dough is elastic and smooth.
• 5 place dough back into bowl and cover with a damp teatowel and let it rise until double its size- about 1/2 hour.
• 6 punch it down and divide dough into two pieces.
• 7 roll pieces long enough to fill two well oiled loaf pans and leave to rise until dough has reached the rim of the pan.
• 8 bake at 400f for 40 minutes.
• 9 rub hot breads with water and wrap in a teatowel to'sweat' to soften the crust.