Do you remember the smell of fresh bread right from the oven? Did you know you can have that smell, the taste of freshly made bread in your own home? This recipe for Homemade Amish Sweet Bread is a recipe you are not going to want to lose! This bread comes out fluffy, crusty and delicious with just a touch of sweetness the way bread should be.
Ingredients
2C.Water
⅔C.Granulated sugar
1 ½Tbsp.Active Dry yeast
1 ½tsp.Salt
¼C.Vegetable oil
5 ½ - 6C.All purpose flour
Instructions
Place the water in a saucepan over medium heat on the stove. Heat until boiling, and the temperature reaches 110 degrees.
Stir in the sugar until melted.
Remove from the heat and add the yeast. Let sit for 10 minutes to bloom.
Stir in the salt and oil.
One cup at a time, add the flour to the wet ingredients, beating well between each cup. You want to continue adding the flour a little at a time until the dough clumps into a ball and pulls away from the beaters on its own, but is still quite sticky.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and knead it for five minutes. Sprinkle the dough with a little flour each time it continues to get sticky to the touch.
Place the dough into a large bowl that has been coated in cooking spray, cover with a damp cloth, and allow it to sit in a warm area to rise for 1 hour.
Punch down the dough, divide it in half and place each half into a well greased loaf pan. Cover again, and allow to sit for 30 minutes until the dough has risen again.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked through and serve.