Amy's Mom's Homemade Bread

Ok, so I have never made any sort of bread homemade before. I love those fancy breads that are like four dollars a loaf at the grocery store. I know that I could make the same type of thing for a lot less. To be honest, I've just been scared. It seems like a lot of work and a little complicated. But today, I tried.

A couple of months ago, one of my best college friends sent me her mom's easy bread recipe. I made a few changes and halved the recipe. So I'll include the original recipe as well as my modified one.
 
 The original recipe:
2 pkg yeast
2 teas. salt
1/3 c. oil (vege)
1/3 c. honey
2/3 c. milk
2 eggs
2 c. warm water (barely warm on your wrist)
7 c. flour

1. Mix the first 7 ingredients and 3 cups flour

2. Add 2 cups flour and mix

3. Add the last 2 cups of flour

4. Knead about 100 times

5. Cover, and let sit in bowl for 1 hour

6. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

7. Form into loaves and let rise a bit in greased/sprayed pans

8. Bake for 30-35 min, or until brown on top

This recipe will make about 3 loaves (depending on the size you make the loaves). Amy said what they usually do is with one of the loaves they will roll it out like pizza dough and spread some butter and cinnamon and brown sugar on the dough. Roll it back up into a loaf and bake. That sounds delish!

Ok so here is my modified recipe. Since this was my first attempt I didn't want to go overboard and make 3 loaves of bread if I ended up messing it up. Next time I probably will . . .

1 pkg yeast
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tbsp. oil
2 1/2 tbsp. honey
1/3 c. milk
1 egg
1 c. warm water (barely warm on your wrist)
3 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 c. of oatmeal
2 tbsp. of ground flax seed.

Then I followed the step by step recipe above. I baked it into one loaf in a large loaf pan. I didn't let it rise a lot in the pan just because I wasn't sure how long to let it rise. I garnished the top with a little bit of oatmeal, just to make it look "pretty" and here is the finished product:

It turned out delicious and filling. I had it just this morning for breakfast with a banana. Hope you all enjoy the recipe and have as much fun making as I did!