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Homemade Bread

This 1 1/2 cups of water about 120 degrees recipe uses Sugar, Active Dry Yeast, Salt, and All Purpose Flour. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 4 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Pour water into a mixing bowl, dissolve in the sugar and yeast..

2. 2

   When the yeast has begun to grow and turns frothy, add the salt and 3 1/2 cups of flour.

3. 3

   Mix this in the bowl until it pulls away from the sides.

4. 4

   Turn the dough, which will be quite soft, onto a lightly floured surface and knead it until smooth and elastic.

5. 5

   Let rise until doubled, approximately 1 1/2 hours.

6. 6

   Knock it down, place on floured surface and break off marble sized pieces.

7. 7

   Roll into balls and place them on surface to rise for twenty minutes.

8. 8

   Cover them while they are rising.

9. 9

   Place them in steamer over boiling water for about 30 minutes.

10. 10

    These are excellent with a Chinese meal.