Mom's Bread
Baked Goods
Ingredients
PKG (or 2 TSP) YEAST
2 TSP SUGAR
WARM WATER ABOUT 1 CUP
15 CUPS FLOUR
⅛ CUP SALT
¼ CUP CRISCO
OLIVE OIL ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/3 CUP
SESAME SEEDS APPROXIMATELY 1/3 CUP
1 EGG FOR EGG WASH TOPPING
Description
MUFFALETTI’S
RESERVE SOME OF THE DOUGH. FORM INTO LITTLE FLAT PANCAKES, AND FRY IN HOT OIL UNTIL GOLDEN. ROLL HOT MUFFALETTI’S IN SUGAR. (OPTIONAL: ADD CINNAMON TO SUGAR MIXTURE).
PIZZA DOUGH
RESERVE SOME OF THE DOUGH AND ADD YOUR FAVOURITE PIZZA TOPPINGS.
Directions
ADD YEAST AND SUGAR TO 1 CUP WATER. LET STAND FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UNTIL YEAST HAS RISEN.
IN THE MEANTIME, THOROUGHLY COMBINE FLOUR, SALT AND CRISCO.
AFTER THE 10 MINUTES, ADD YEAST MIXTURE TO FLOUR. ADD HOT WATER AS NEEDED (APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 8 CUPS) AND KNEAD DOUGH. ONCE ENOUGH WATER IS ADDED, PUNCH DOWN DOUGH.
ADD OLIVE OIL ON OUTSIDE OF DOUGH (UNTIL DOUGH PULLS AWAY FROM SIDES AND DOES NOT STICK). THEN KNEAD FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES.
FORM LOAVES AND ADD SESAME SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE OF LOAVES. (USE CORN OIL ON HANDS IF STICKY).
LET LOAVES RISE FOR ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR.
BRUSH LOAVES WITH BEATEN EGG.
BAKE 15 MINUTES ON BOTTOM SHELF AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES ON TOP SHELF OF OVEN.
COVER AND LET RISE (3/4 OF AN HOUR TO 1 HOUR), UNTIL ALMOST DOUBLED IN BULK.
GREASE PANS AND PRE-HEAT OVEN TO 450 DEGREES F.
FORM LOAVES AND ADD SESAME SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE OF LOAVES. (USE CORN OIL ON HANDS IF STICKY).
LET LOAVES RISE FOR ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR.
BRUSH LOAVES WITH BEATEN EGG.
BAKE 15 MINUTES ON BOTTOM SHELF AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES ON TOP SHELF OF OVEN.