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steven king's basic bread

Recipe by
Chrissy Hackley
Vestal, NY

This recipe is Steven King's recipe with tweaks to time to rise, temperature, time to bake, and how many loaf pans. This was published in a cookbook in 1996 called Just Peachy:Cooking Up A Cure. Steven King wrote this: "Baking bread is one of the waya I relax. I like kneading it, and I love the smell of it, the way it fills the house and makes your mouth water."

yield 3 loaves
prep time 2 Hr 25 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For steven king's basic bread

  • DISSOLVE YEAST
  • 1 Tbsp
    yeast
  • 3/4 c
    warm water
  • 2 Tbsp
    sugar
  • DOUGH
  • 2 c
    warm milk
  • 3 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 1 Tbsp
    salt
  • 2 Tbsp
    shortening
  • 8-9 c
    flour, all purpose or bread flour
  • FOR BRUSHING BEFORE BAKING
  • 1
    egg yolk
  • 1 Tbsp
    water
  • FOR BRUSHING AFTER BAKING
  • 4 Tbsp
    melted butter

How To Make steven king's basic bread

  • 1
    In a large stand mixer, mix together the first three ingredients and let sit 5 minutes to dissolve the yeast.
  • 2
    Add to the bowl the milk, sugar, salt, shortening and 4 cups of the four. With a paddle attachment beat until well combined, scraping sides of bowl as needed.
  • 3
    Switch to dough hook attachment. Add 4 more cups of flour, turn on low and let mix. It should start pulling away from sides of bowl, if not add more flour 1/4 cup at a time. Once it is pulling away let it mix or "knead" the dough for 8 minutes.
  • 4
    Grease a large mixing bowl with shortening. When dough is done mixing, turn out and shape into a ball. Place in greased bowl, turn to coat dough completely. Cover with towel and let rise until doubled in size, about 30-60 minutes.
  • 5
    Grease 3 loaf pans with shortening.
  • 6
    Punch down dough. Turn out and divide into 3 pieces. Shape each piece into a loaf shape to fit your pans. Place dough in pans. Cover and let rise for 30-60 minutes or until about 1/2 an inch above the edge of loaf pan.
  • 7
    Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix together the egg yolk and water. Brush lightly over top.of loaves. Place.in hot oven and bake for 20-30 minutes depending on your oven.
  • 8
    When done should sound hollow when top is tapped. Remove from oven and lightly brush loaves with melted butter. Remove from pans and cool completely before cutting and storing.
  • Steven King's quote about this recipe.
    9
    I store this in Ziplock bags. These usually only last 3 days because we use it fast so I am unsure of how long it keeps after that.

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