No Knead White Bread
6 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
2 pk "Instant Dry Yeast"
3T Sugar
1T Salt
3 cups Warm water
2T Shortening
Butter
Preparation
No kneading necessary on this one folks. Preheat oven 375 degrees.
In large mixer bowl, combine 3 1/2 cups flour, yeast, sugar and
salt Mix well. Add warm water (125 degrees or so) and shortening
to flour mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened, beat 3 minutes
at med. speed. By hand, gradually stir in remaining flour to make a
stiff batter. Cover and allow to rise in warm place until double.
About 30 mins. Stir down batter. Spread in greased 9x5 or 8x4 bread pans.
Cover and allow to rise until batter reaches tops of pans,
(about 20-30 mins) Bake at 375 degrees for about 35-40 mins
til golden brown. Remove from the pans and brush with butter.
Allow to cool.
You can do this entire recipe in a Kitchen aid or heavy duty mixer. I used a wooden spoon. Just be
sure to mix thoroughly after each addition of flour to get the gluten working.
-Once I got to the stage of gradually adding the remaining 3 cups of flour
I noticed that I did not need all 3 cups and stopped after adding 2 cups...
it really does look like THICK doughy batter.
-Poured batter into 2 9x5 loaf pans, let rise for 30 min. and yep it rose
to the top of both pans.
-Baked for 35 minutes at listed temp (was CLEARLY golden brown and ready),
popped out of pans beautifully to *cool* and brush with butter.