A New Baker's in Town

This is my son Brandon, who is 11. He is holding the first loaf of bread he made (mostly) by himself. Isn't it beautiful!! We had lots of fun with it. He is such a natural cook. He has also pretty well mastered the art of making pancakes. I am excited to see his skills develop as he grows. He's such a wonderful boy.

This is the very simple recipe he used:

White Bread

6 cups All Purpose Flour (We used half wheat flour)
2 pkgs. Fast Rising Yeast
3 Tbs. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 cups water
1/2 cup milk
3 Tbs. margarine

Set aside 1 cup of flour from total amount. Mix remaining flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Heat water, milk, and margarine until hot to touch, 125-130 degrees. Stir hot liquids into dry mixture. Mix in reserved flour, enough to make a soft dough that does not stick to the bowl. Turn out onto floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes. Cover dough and let rest 10 minutes. Cut dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in 2, greased 9x5 loaf pans. Cover and let rise in warm place until double in size, about 40-50 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Makes 2 loaves.

This is a very good bread!