BREAD (HALF WHEAT, HALF WHITE)

Vic Baldwin, Kathy Baldwin, Recipe #2

Ingredients:

5 cups wheat flour (freshly ground)
5 1/2 cups hot water

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening 1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup lukewarm water

2 TBS yeast
5 cups white flour (may need a little more for right consistency)


Put 5 1/2 cups hot water (hottest tap water) into mixer.

Add wheat flour, shortening, sugar, & salt.

Mix on high speed for 5 minutes (wheat flour needs to be mixed longer so it sticks together [glutten]).

Meanwhile, add the yeast to the 1/2 cup lukewarm water and let it work while mixing wheat flour mixture.


Add white flour and yeast to wheat flour mixture (to right consistency— a bit on the sticky side). Pour onto oiled countertop.

Divide & shape into loaves. Put in greased bread pans. Let rise once.

Bake 350° for 30 minutes, grease the top and let bake 15 more minutes. (4 loaves)