This is a crowd pleaser. Tom and I have been breadaholics for about 35 years - surely some kind of obsession, but its an art that really isn't too artsy at all. This takes almost no time to prepare and not too much rising/baking time either. This one takes nothing special but to follow the recipe.
5 1/2 - 6 cups AP flour
2 pkg dry yeast - or 4 1/2 t
1 T sugar
2 t salt
1/4 t baking soda
2 cups milk
1/2 cup water
cornmeal
Combine 3 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and soda. Heat the liquids until very warm (120 F-130F)
Add this to the dry ingredients and beat well. Stir in enough of the additional flour to make a stiff batter. Its seems like about 5 1/2 cups and its pretty stiff and hard to mix. Spoon into 2 - 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 inch pans that have been greased and sprinkled with cornmeal.
Cover and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes. Bake at 400 for 25 minutes. Remove from the pans immediately and let cool. This photo is after the rise, it wasn't nearly this pretty before. I'm sorry I didn't take a picture.
Side note: It will be really stiff dough and when you try to get it into the pans, its very sticky. Wet your hands a little so you can spread it out evenly in your greased pan. Thats pretty much it..the 45 minutes rise and 25 to bake is pretty exact! Its also excellent toast! Enjoy!
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