Mattie Padgett'S Bread
Homemade bread with a slightly sweet flavor from honey, featuring a tender crumb and crusty exterior, perfect for breakfast or a hearty meal with butter.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix eggs, boiling water, honey, salt, and Crisco in a bowl.
- Mix yeast with warm water and sugar and let it rise.
- Blend the yeast mixture and egg mixture with a mixer. Add about half the flour and mix.
- Add remaining flour and mix again until dough is smooth.
- Cover the dough with foil and let stand overnight in the refrigerator.
- Dump the dough onto a floured counter and divide into 6 loaves.
- Roll and cut the loaves as desired.
- Preheat oven to 200°F (93°C).
- Turn off the oven and let the loaves set inside for 1.5 hours.
- Then, turn the oven to 300°F (149°C) and bake the loaves for 30 minutes.
- Immediately brush the loaves with butter when taken out of the oven.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
371
kcal
19% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).