Oma's Bread (BJ style)

Getting new recipes is always fun. I usually find that the best recipes are ones that have been handed down and passed around. Therefore, I'm excited for this new section to my blog. I'll be sharing recipes that have been tried, tested, and perfected from my family.

Oma's Bread (BJ style) -makes 1 loaf. 
1 1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup oil
1/8 cup honey(or maple syrup)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp quick rise yeast
2 cups All Purpose flour
2 cups Brown flour

Note: I use a Kitchen Aid mixer in this recipe, if you dont have a mixer you can combine the ingredients in a bowl with a wooden spoon (seems to work the best)

• Combine all ingredients in a mixer along with the first two cups of flour. Then switch to dough hook and add the last two cups of flour. Kneed/mix till all the flour is combined.
• Next turn on to floured surface and kneed dough into a ball. Put the bowl you used to mix the ingredients over it and let it rise covered for an hour. 
• When its done rising, roll out the dough, fold it (for great shaped loaves check out this Tutorial), then place it in a greased bread pan. place in oven at 170 *F and let it rise for another 30min.
• Raise your oven temperature to 350 *F and bake for 23min. NOTE: don't take the bread out of the oven while the temperature is rising.

Note: this recipe works well in a bread machine as well. Put it on a setting that has two rise cycles, and a light crust.

Now you will have a nice lovely loaf of fresh bread. It can be so tempting to just dig in right away... but its best to wait 15-20 min before doing so. Its a lot easier to cut it then. :) Enjoy!

Getting new recipes is always fun. I usually find that the best recipes are ones that have been handed down and passed around. Therefore, I'm excited for this new section to my blog. I'll be sharing recipes that have been tried, tested, and perfected from my family.

Oma's Bread (BJ style) -makes 1 loaf. 
1 1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup oil
1/8 cup honey(or maple syrup)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp quick rise yeast
2 cups All Purpose flour
2 cups Brown flour

Note: I use a Kitchen Aid mixer in this recipe, if you dont have a mixer you can combine the ingredients in a bowl with a wooden spoon (seems to work the best)

• Combine all ingredients in a mixer along with the first two cups of flour. Then switch to dough hook and add the last two cups of flour. Kneed/mix till all the flour is combined.
• Next turn on to floured surface and kneed dough into a ball. Put the bowl you used to mix the ingredients over it and let it rise covered for an hour. 
• When its done rising, roll out the dough, fold it (for great shaped loaves check out this Tutorial), then place it in a greased bread pan. place in oven at 170 *F and let it rise for another 30min.
• Raise your oven temperature to 350 *F and bake for 23min. NOTE: don't take the bread out of the oven while the temperature is rising.

Note: this recipe works well in a bread machine as well. Put it on a setting that has two rise cycles, and a light crust.

Now you will have a nice lovely loaf of fresh bread. It can be so tempting to just dig in right away... but its best to wait 15-20 min before doing so. Its a lot easier to cut it then. :) Enjoy!