Recipe: Perfect Nancy's Homemade Bread

Nancy’s Homemade Bread.

Nancy’s Homemade Bread You can have Nancy’s Homemade Bread using 6 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Nancy’s Homemade Bread

  1. It’s 3/4 cups of Shortening.
  2. You need 2 tbsp of Dry Yeast (2 packets).
  3. You need 32 oz of Water (100-110*).
  4. It’s 1 tbsp of Salt.
  5. You need 1 cup of Sugar.
  6. It’s 6-8 cups of All Purpose Flour.

Nancy’s Homemade Bread instructions

  1. Melt shortening and set it aside to cool.
  2. Thoroughly mix yeast and water into a large bowl. All yeast must be dissolved..
  3. Stir in salt, sugar, and cooled shortening until thoroughly dissolved (about 2 minutes).
  4. Stir in 3 cups of flour.
  5. Stir in an additional 2 cups of flour.
  6. As need, or if needed, stir in another cup of flour to desired consistency. The mixer should be slightly sticky, but not impossibly to knead..
  7. Knead the dough for 8 minutes..
  8. Transfer the dough to a different dish while you wash and dry the bowl..
  9. Grease the clean/dry bowl..
  10. Return the dough to the bowl.
  11. Cover the dough and allow it to rise on the stove-top over a warm oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. (do not turn the stove-top on).
  12. Knead dough 1 minute, flip, and knead 1 more minute.
  13. Cover and allow dough to rise for an additional 45 minutes to one hour.
  14. Grease 5 bread pans.
  15. Divide dough into 5 equal pieces and place into greased bread pans.
  16. Cover dough and allow it to rise for 45 minutes. It should be about 1 inch above the top of the pan..
  17. Bake at 375* for 25 minutes.
  18. Once baked brush melted butter onto all sides of the bread..
  19. Allow bread to cool before putting the loaves into bread bags..
  20. Enjoy. Repeat..

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