Recipes

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Pour yeast over 1/2 of the warm water.

Add sugar and stir.

Allow yeast to bloom for five minutes.

Blend together the flour and salt in a large bowl.

Add the yeast mixture and the rest of the water to the flour mixture.

Mix dough roughly with your hands until dough forms into a ball.

Add more flour if the dough is too wet. Add more water if the dough is too dry.

Move dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead for 5 minutes

Oil or butter a bowl and roll dough in it to coat the dough evenly.

Cover tightly with plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for 1 1/2 hours.

After dough has risen, punch the dough down.

Transfer to floured work surface and knead again for 3 minutes.

Shape into loaf and place in loaf pan.

Let rise for 1 hour.

Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.