Easy & Quick Amish Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups warm water, 105-115 f degrees
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
• 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 6 cups bread flour, i use bleached it works fine

Recipe

• 1 i use a mixer with a dough hook but it is just as easy to mix by hand if you don't have one.
• 2 proof the dough in a warm draft free place, i turn the stove on warm (150 f) when the yeast is proofing the turn off when i add the flour.
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• 4 in your mixer bowl pour warm water and sugar, stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 5 after sugar dissolves stir in yeast and allow the yeast to proof until yeast gets to a creamy foamy state. about 5-10 minutes max. depending on how warm the water is.
• 6 after yeast proofs mix in oil and salt into the yeast.
• 7 mix in flour 1 cup at a time, after all four has been mixed(6c.) it it will still be a little sticky. do not add more flour to the mixer.
• 8 turn bread out onto a well floured surface an knead until smooth .
• 9 place dough in a well oiled bowl and turn dough to coat with oil.
• 10 cover bowl with a damp cloth/towel and allow dough to rise in a warm place and double in size. about 1 hour.
• 11 after dough doubled punch center down and tun onto your floured surface again an knead for a few minutes, and then divide the dough n 1/2 and shape into loaves .
• 12 place the 2 loaves in well oiled bread pans and let rise a second time for about 30-45 minutes, until dough rises about 1-2 inches above the pans. if you happen to forget about them an they rise higher , no harm you just will have a bigger loaf.
• 13 i proof them in the oven the then just turn the heat on.
• 14 bake a 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.