_Bread_
(Prepared with dry yeast)
1 dry yeast cake
1 c. warm water
1 c. flour
1 qt. water or milk (scalded)
Flour enough to make a soft dough
2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. lard or butter
At noon put a dry yeast cake to soak in a cup of warm water. When it is
soft, add a cup of flour, cover, and put in a warm place to grow light.
This will require several hours.
In the evening, when ready to begin the dough, mix the salt, sugar, fat,
and hot liquid in a large bowl; when lukewarm, add the cup of light
yeast and enough flour to knead (about three quarts). Mix thoroughly and
knead it into a smooth dough, and continue this process until it is soft
and elastic. Return the dough to the bowl, moisten, cover, and set in a
moderately warm place for the night. Be sure that the place is free from
draughts. In the morning knead slightly; divide into loaves or shape in
rolls; put into pans for baking; cover, and let it rise until double in
bulk. Bake large loaves from 50 to 60 minutes. Rolls will bake in from
25 to 35 minutes, for they require a hotter oven. It is of the utmost
importance that all yeast breads be thoroughly cooked. (Makes 4 loaves.)
(Time required for making bread with dry yeast, from 16 to 20 hours.)
_Bread_
(Prepared with compressed yeast)
2 c. milk or water (scalded)
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. lard or butter
1/4 cake compressed yeast (1 cake if set in morning)
1/4 c. water (lukewarm)
Flour, white or whole wheat
Put the hot water or milk, salt, sugar, and fat in a bowl; when
lukewarm, and the yeast softened in the lukewarm water, then the flour
gradually and, when stiff enough to handle, turn the dough out on a
floured board and knead until soft and elastic (20 minutes). Return the
dough to the bowl, moisten, cover, and let it rise in a warm place until
double in bulk; then knead slightly, divide into loaves or shape into
rolls, cover, and let rise in the pan in which they are to be baked
until double in bulk, and bake from 50 to 60 minutes. (Makes 2 loaves.)
(Time required for making bread, if one cake of compressed yeast is
used, 6 hours.)