Name: Amish Bread
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: PA Dutch
Ingredients: 2 cups Warm Water; ⅓ cup White Sugar; 1.50 tbsp Active Dry Yeast; ¼ cup Cooking Oil; 720 g All-Purpose Flour; 6 Cups if not using a scale

AuthorNeal Wentz

0 0DifficultyIntermediate

Nothing beats the smell of fresh baked bread in the comfort of your own home!

Makes two 9x5 loaves of bread.

Yields1 Serving

Prep Time2 hrsCook Time30 minsTotal Time2 hrs 30 mins

2 cups Warm Water110 - 120 Degrees

⅓ cup White Sugar

1.50 tbsp Active Dry Yeast

¼ cup Cooking Oil

720 g All-Purpose Flour; 6 Cups if not using a scaleKing Arthur brand recommended

Combine water and sugar in a bowl. Stir to dissolve sugar.

Add yeast and stir. Allow to bloom for 10 minutes.

Add salt, oil, and half of flour to wet ingredients.

Combine and add the remaining half.

Lightly flour workspace. Roll out dough, and kneed for 5-10 minutes.

**Push the dough away with the heel of your palm, fold back over, rotate, and repeat.

Place in a lightly oiled bowl, flip to cover dough in oil.

Cover with plastic wrap or warm, damp towel for 1 hour. Dough should double in size.

Remove cover and punch down.

Lightly flour workspace. Roll out dough and cut in half.

Flatten dough into a rectangle shape then "jelly-roll". Repeat with the second loaf.

Grease two 9x5 bread pan.

Place the loaves in the tins; seem side down.

Cover and let rise for 35 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°F

Slash the loaves down the middle, then bake loaves for 25 minutes.

Pull out and brush with butter.

Transfer tins to cooling rack. Remove from tins after 10 minutes.

Slice and enjoy!!

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 2 Loaves

CategoryBreadsCuisinePA DutchCooking MethodBakingTags#bread, #flour, #homemade, #kingarthur, #yeast

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