Pinto Bean Bread

Name: Pinto Bean Bread
Ingredients: 2 cups lukewarm milk; 2 packages yeast; 2 cups pinto beans, mashed; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons shortening, melted; 5 -6 cups flour

7 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

2 cups lukewarm milk
2 packages yeast
2 cups pinto beans, mashed
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons shortening, melted
5 -6 cups flour

Directions

1

Combine the milk, beans, sugar, salt, shortening, and 1 tablespoon of the flour.
2

Stir in the yeast and wait for it to bubble.
3

If it has not bubbled in 5 minutes, get new yeast.
4

Stir in 5-6 cups flour, to make a kneadable dough.
5

Knead 5-10 minutes, until satiny.
6

Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease dough.
7

Cover loosely with a clean damp cloth and let rise till double.
8

Punch down; let rise again.
9

Punch down; shape into 2 loaves.
10

Place in greased loaf pans.
11

Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, or until thumps hollow on bottom.