Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Mrs. Eisenhower's Bread

Mother modified and doubled this recipe from what is found at the Kansas Wheat Commission website.
http://www.kswheat.com/recipes.php?id=113

Here is how mother dictated it to me over the phone along with my notes

8 C whole wheat flour ( I have used all-purpose for the entire recipe when I didn't have whole wheat)
1 C sugar
2 pkg yeast (4.5 tsp)
1 C powdered milk
1 TBSP salt

2 eggs
1 cup shortening or 2 sticks butter (Both seem to work just fine)
5 C warm/hot water

7.5 C bread flour/whole wheat flour/all-purpose flour (I have only used all purpose here)

Mix dry ingredients together.
Add eggs, shortening, and water and mix for 3 minutes
Gradually add the last flour. And knead for (hmm.. 13 minutes?)
Let rise and then shape and rise again (standard procedure).  

Mother says she makes 4 loaves that are 1.5 lbs each, then 2 lbs of cinnamon rolls.
Since I don't have a fancy scale, I divide it into 6ths, make 4 loaves of bread, and then dinner rolls and/or cinnamon rolls with the last 2 sixths.
The website says to bake it on 375.  I had been doing 350.


1/6th equals 267.33 carbs.