Honeyville Basic Bread Making By Hand with Chef Brad

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Chef Brad, America's Grain Guy, shows you a simple and easy way to create delicious, beautiful baked bread, using only your hands.

Ingredients:
3 cups Hot Water
1/3 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Butter or Oil
2 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp SAF Yeast
5 + cups of Honeyville Alta Artisan Bread Flour

Directions:
In a large bowl, add water, sugar, oil, salt, 2 cups flour. Mix well with a Danish Dough hook and add yeast and 3 cups flour. Mix until all ingredients are combined, then dump out on a floured surface.

Start kneading by holding the closest edge to you away from you, towards the furthest edge. With the ball of the hand, press the folded edge into the dough, turning the dough around as you complete the fold. Keep repeating the process, adding flour as needed, and being careful not to add too much flour.

After dough is well kneaded (about 6 to 8 minutes) place in oiled bowl, cover, and let rise to double. Punch down and form into loafs, let rise again until double. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.