How to Make Homemade Bread Without a Mixer
Such an easy recipe to learn how to make homemade bread - without using a mixer! From start to finish, you can be done in two hours or a little more.
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar I used a lot less
- 2 Tbsp. yeast
- 1 Tbsp. salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 8-12 cups bread flour
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast with sugar in warm water (110-115 degrees)
- Mix vegetable oil and salt together
- Add the yeast mixture to the oil mixture
- Add 4 cups bread flour to the yeast mixture and stir until mixed well
- Put the dough on the counter and dust with bread flour
- Knead the bread flour into the dough
- Keep adding more flour into the dough until it is not sticky
- Knead on counter top until smooth and elastic - 5-10 minutes
- Place into greased bowl and let rise in a warm, draft-free place
- When double in size, punch down and let it rise again
- Repeat
- Divide dough into equal portions and shape into loaves
- Put into greased bread pans and prick with a fork if desired
- Let rise until double
- Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes or until brown
- Remove from pans and cool on a rack or a tea towel
- Grease the top of loaves with butter, margarine, vegetable oil, or Crisco