The Merits Of A Good Bread Recipe

 Bread. One of the few foods that fits into almost every meal with every sort of dish. There are whole cookbooks dedicated to the millions of recipes and variations of every sort of bread imaginable. And while that's all well  and good I don't have time and patience to learn all sorts of different bread recipes for different uses. Instead I take a good standard dough and manipulate it to suit my needs. I have one standard dough that I can use for everything from loaf bread to dinner rolls , pizza dough to cinnamon rolls and nearly everything in between. 
We love bread. Fresh bread is for us a comfort food a treat that we have as often as possible. We eat it by the slice or roll and rarely does a fresh loaf last long enough to cool completely. We eat hearty soups from big fluffy bread bowls and cheese topped toast is floated in our French onion soup. Yum. Now I'm a busy lady and I'll take any help I can. I LOVE my bread machines dough setting. I toss in the ingredients and let the machine do the hard work for me. Yup I cheat. No shame.

 
Versatile White Bread

1 1/2 c warm water
2tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt
4 c ap flour
1tbsp active dry yeast

Put ingredients into the bread machine in order listed and select dough setting. Go catch up on chores 😋 When ready turn out and form into loaves or rolls bake at 350F for 20 minutes. Dough can be braided (bake 25 minutes) or rolled out and parbaked for 15 minutes to be used as a pizza crust then top and broiled for an outstanding pie.

From the sunset homesteaders to you,  God bless.