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Weller Family Bread
Category: Breads
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Ingredients:
1 cake fresh yeast or 1 T. active dry yeast 1/4 c. lukewarm water 1 c. milk, scalded 1 c. boiling water 1/2 c. (1 stick) butter 2 large eggs, beaten 6 c. sifted unbleached flour 1/4 c. sugar 2 t. kosher salt 1 egg yolk, beaten
Directions:
In a small bowl, combine yeast and lukewarm water and blend well; set aside until foamy, 10 to 15 minutes. In a medium bowl, combine milk, boiling water and butter; stir until butter melts. When mixture is cool, add eggs and yeast mixture. Mix flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Put half of the flour mixture and all milk mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer (if mixing by hand, use a wooden spoon). With motor running at medium speed, mix well. At low speed, gradually add remaining flour. Add more flour if mixture is too wet to knead. When dough is stiff enough to knead, remove bowl from mixer, cover with a towel and set aside to rest for 10 minutes. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 15 minutes, until silky. Turn into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic, and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, 2 to 3 hours. Oil a 9” spring form pan. Knead dough until smooth, at least 5 minutes. Let rest, covered with a towel, for 10 minutes. Divide dough in half. Flatten first half into a circle and fit in the bottom of the pan. (It does not have to fit all the way to the edges.) Divide remaining dough into 3 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball and place dough balls near each other on top of prepared dough circle. cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place until bread rises to the top of the pan, about 1 hour. About 15 minutes before baking, preheat oven to 400°. Brush some beaten egg wash on surface of bread. Bake 45 minutes. Tap to see if done (bread should sound hollow), or test by sticking a toothpick into bread (it should come out clean). Remove from oven and cool on a rack for 5 minutes. Release the sides of the pan, remove bread, slip off the pan bottom, and return bread to the rack to cool completely.