Sue Becker Basic Bread Recipe

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Basic Dough Recipe

We love this recipe. It is now the basic dough that we use for everything. This recipe is so easy to double, triple, and even quadruple depending on your kneading options and personal needs.  You may use this dough for any combination of yeast bread variations. Check baking temperature and times for each specific variation.

• 1 1/2 cups hot water

• 1/3 cup oil

• 1/3 cup honey

• 2 tsp. salt

• 1 egg (optional)

• 1 Tbs. Lecithin

• 1 tsp. gluten (optional)

• 4 – 4  1/2 cups freshly milled flour

• 1/2 cup flax seed, ground in blender (optional)

• 1 Tbs. Yeast

Combine water, oil, honey, salt, and egg. Add lecithin, gluten, half of flour, and ground flax seed. Mix thoroughly. Add yeast and enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 5-6 minutes). Let rise until double. Shape as desired and let rise again until double. For 2 – 1 lb. loaves bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes.

For a double recipe, knead 8 minutes.  For a triple or quadruple recipe, knead 12 minutes