Homemade Bread Recipe (1 hour--start to finish) Pantry Secrets

10 ½ cups white bread flour or wheat flour* (do not use all-purpose flour)
½ c. sugar
1 tablespoon salt
3 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast
3 tablespoons liquid lecithin**
4 cups hot tap water

Mix dry ingredients. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency If dough is too dry, add more water. Dough should be very sticky. Mix for 5 minutes. (Do not add flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.) Spray counter and pans with Pam. Shape loaves and cover with a dish towel. Let raise 25 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. This recipe makes four loaves of bread.
*For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe but add one cup of applesauce as part of the hot tap water and 1 additional tablespoon lecithin. Mix for ten minutes.
**Squeeze or pour approximately 3 tablespoons of lecithin directly into the bowl. Do not measure. Makes 4 regular size loaves. There are about 50 different things you can do with the dough for variety and yummy dinners and treats.

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