Bread- Now I'm not exactly NEW to breadmaking though I am no expert. But I have discovered through trial and error the softest fluffiest bread ever! We like dense hearty breads normally but I still wanted to be ABLE to make light soft bread..so instead of trying different recipes, I just kept playing with a basic one. Here it is:
Light, fluffy wheat bread
Dissolve 2.5 tsp of yeast in 1/4 cup warm water with a tablespoon or so if honey. Set aside.
Heat 1 cup water with 1 cup milk and two tblsp. butter in microwave for 1 min. or until room temp.
In LARGE bowl put 2 cups flour (1 wheat, 1 white)
Add 1 tsp salt and 3 tblsp brown sugar
Pour in milk mixture and yeast mixture.
Whisk until smooth.
Add remaining cups of flour one at a time (to total around 5 or 6 I usually use white for the rest or just one more cup wheat)
You know the rest...knead the flour in until dough is elastic and smooth. NO sticky areas....add end flour carefully (not too much at a time) so your bread is not dry!)
Now rising is IMPORTANT. DO NOT rush it. Let it rise TWICE and your bread will be fluffy!
I allow all my dough to rise in one bowl for an hour and then I punch down, separate into pans and let rise again.
375 until done and there ya' go! Fluffy bread!
Here is a recipe that I stole from M...she was showing me pics and I was like, WHAT are THOSE???? Why, sausage balls of course! She didn't have the recipe but I looked it up online and the recipes are everywhere. One repeating item was that several recipes urged you to use better quality sausage for optimal results.
EASY and they are in the oven as I speak so I cannot attest to flavor YET!
1 lb sausage (good quality)
2 cups bisquick
10 oz shredded cheese
Mix together, roll into balls the size of a Walnut and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
They smell awesome! I'll fill you in later! :)
Ok, they are pretty good...kind of...Baptisty! You have to been raised a Baptist to know what that means!
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ba-ha-ha! raised a Baptist here and I think I know what you mean. They're good but not that exciting... kinda typical... I've had those sausage balls before and I'd eat them again but they look better than they taste!
but you know... there's nothing like a Baptist dinner get together!
Yes, that's exactly it! Good but NOT that exciting.
I love sausage balls. Yum!
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