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Oven English Muffins

3/11/2015

1 cup milk
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/4 tsp yeast
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup lard
6 cups flour

In a small sauce pan warm milk and lard. In a large mixing bowl combine yeast and warm water let sit 20 minutes. When milk is just about to come to boil remove from heat stir in salt and sugar and let sit till cool. Place cooled milk mixture into yeast mixture and stir in 3 cups sifted flour until smooth. Add rest of flour to make a soft dough, knead and place in greased bowl. Let sit for 1 hour, then punch down and pull off pieces the size of walnuts, roll into balls and flatten on greased or non-stick baking sheet. Let rise for 25-40 minutes, then place in pre-heated oven at 325F and bake for 8 minutes flip muffins and bake for another 7 minutes and then flip again for 2 minutes just to get an even golden brown on each side. Enjoy!
Makes 12-18 depending on size of muffins.

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Sunflower and Basil Bread

3/11/2015

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(Camera is having issues uploading to computer so picture will be up in a few days, sorry about that.)

You'll Need:

2 cups milk scalded
2 cups water cold
6 tbsp sugar
4 tsp salt
4 1/2 tsp dry active yeast & 1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup melted lard
1 cup chopped fresh Basil
1 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
10 cups sifted flour

Scalded milk in saucepan. In a small bowl mix yeast, 1/2 cup warm water and 2 tbsp sugar, let sit for 20 minutes. When milk is ready pour into large mixing bowl, add remaining sugar and salt while stirring. Mix in cold water and 4 cups of sifted flour to make mixture spongy. Add melted lard and yeast mix to mixture and stir in Basil and sunflower seeds. Now add in remaining flour, once you have a rubber like dough place it on board knead and then transfer to oiled bowl. Let rise for 2 hours, then knead out on greased board, cut dough into four equal parts and place in greased bread pans. Let rise for 1 hour and place in oven at 375F for 1 hour.

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