AHHH . . . The Wonders of Bread

It's so yummy. In fact it's so yummy there are entire diets based off of avoiding bread . . . Therefore you know it's got to be good stuff. And who doesn't love a fresh slice with a good hunk of butter on it? (No one comes to mind at the moment).

Bread; there's a reason it's called the fruit of life. Because in the absents of nothing else it can keep you alive. Therefore years ago when I started my food storage I started here. Yep, right here with bread. I had to come up with a bread recipe that my family would eat. And because I am a simple person and a no no sense one at that, it had to be good for a loaf bread and including but not limited to toast, french toast, rolls, pizza crust, and generally anything you either buy a loaf of bread or the frozen rolls for from the store (But not cinnamon rolls, I don't like bready cinnamon rolls). It had to be good enough to mess up my kitchen to make and it also had to meet another major criteria; it HAD to use up some of all this crap I had been storing!!! So here you go. Reap the benefits of all the &*^%$ loafs of bread I made looking for and finally coming up this recipe. Happy eating!!

Ashlee's Bread

2 cups milk (Make it from that nasty dry stuff you store!)

1/2 cup sugar

2 heaping TB yeast

2 cup potato pearls or instant mashed potatoes

2 eggs

1/4 cup Crisco (Use that good old white lard!)

1 TB salt

6 1/2 cups flour

*Mix the milk, sugar and yeast together, let this sit in you kitchen aid, mixer or just a plan old large bowl, because there's nothing wrong with that either! Let it sit for 10 min. or better yet while you make your instant potatoes. Next add eggs, Crisco, salt and two cups of flour. Mix until combined into a gooey mess. Then add in the nice and warm boarder line hot instant potatoes. Then add in the rest of your flour.

Let this rise for about 35 to 40 min. And rise it will! It's going to rise quickly because of the warm potatoes. Nope, no waiting three hours here! (Three hours?! Who wants to make bread that has to rise three hours!) Punch it down and flour your work space, then make four pizza's, 32 rolls, or four loafs of bread. Whatever your fancy! Bake your rolls and bread at 350 but pizza at 400.

Foot Notes; Let me take a moment to tell you the hands down way to ruin any bread recipe is to add too much flour! Let me say that again! The best way to ruin your bread is to add too much flour!!! Cake batter dough is better than too much flour! I promise you will thank me for this after you taste a lighter than cloud loaf of bread. If your bread dough falls apart your flour is bad, if your yeast mixture doesn't look like it's growing your yeast is bad, if your bread taste not so good you forgot to add the salt. And for heaven sakes if it's too sticky add oil to your hands and table, but don't add flour!! Got the message! Good, now go make some **** good bread.