Homemade Bread Recipe

From Start to Finish in 1 hour

10 1/2 cups white unbleached bread flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon salt
3 rounded tablespoons saf-instant yeast
3 tablespoons liquid lecithin or 1/3 oil
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. If dough is too moist, add more water. If dough is too moist, add more flour. Mix for 5 minutes. (Do not add water or flour to 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 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. Mix for ten minutes. (put applesauce in bottom of measuring cup and add hot water to total 4 cups.)

Notes:
Lecithin-enhances texture. It can be found at health food stores or at a kitchen store.
I also use dough enhancer and wheat gluten.
If knead by hand use oil (pam spray) and knead for 10 min.
You can make bread sticks, pizza dough, and rolls.