Green (Sweet) Bread
Ingredients
- 3 Packs of traditional yeast
- Warm water
- 3 tsp Sugar
- 5-7 lbs all purpose flour
- 3-4 Tbsp Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Salt
- 3-4 Tbsp Cinnamon
- 3-4 Tbsp Allspice
- 3-4 Tbsp ground cloves (nutmeg OK to substitute)
- 3/4 to 1 cup shortening (butter OK to substitute)
- 1 cup molasses
- Shortening/butter
Instructions
- Mix yeast, water and sugar together in a small bowl as per instructions on package. Let sit to foam up
- Combine dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, allspice and ground cloves) in a large bread bowl
- Melt shortening & molasses in sauce pan
- Mix in yeast mixture with dry ingredients
- Mix in melted shortening and molasses
- Knead dough until all ingredients are thoroughly combined. Add water as needed to help absorb flour
- Roll dough into a ball and grease with oil
- Place bread bowl with dough into a clean garbage bag, folding the open side under the bowl. Wrap a towel around the outside and let sit in a warm room until dough rises to approximately double in size (~3 hrs)
- Grease bread pans
- Punch dough down. Form fist sized balls and place in bread pans
- Cover pans and let sit to rise to approximately double in size
- Preheat oven
- Bake bread at 375 for 30-35 minutes until bread is golden and makes a hollow sound when tapped
- Rub shortening on top of warm bread
Notes
- When adding water, first add it to the empty shortening and molasses saucepan to help wash out any leftover ingredients.
- Dough should be stick, but not too sticky
- Knead dough quickly to keep heat loss to a minimum
- Yield: 5 Large loaves
