Basic Bread

I wanted to share with you my favorite bread recipe. I don't really like store bought bread and since it really isn't that good for you I try to stay away from it. This bread is so good though that I have to say I eat way too much of it. It is awesome right out of the oven!

The trick to making it turn out perfectly is letting it rise for the proper amount of time - which I have found to be about an hour and then a half hour after you have put it in the pan.

Basic Bread

1 T Yeast
4 T Raw Sugar
1 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 tspn salt
4 T oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix yeast, water, and sugar. Let sit until yeast bubbles. Put flour in and stir really good until dough forms. Let dough rise until it doubles itself (about an hour). Add oil and salt and stir. Knead dough for 10 minutes, bringing from bottom to top. Add flour until it doesn't stick. (I used a KitchenAid mixer which works great!)

Brush the top of the dough with oil so it doesn't get sticky or hard on top. Oil or flour your hands and the pan. For rolls, form into balls and tuck under. You want the tops of the rolls or loaves to have oil on them. Let rise until they double in size. (about half an hour) Bake for 25-30 minutes.