Quick Yeast Bread

Name: Quick Yeast Bread
Ingredients: 5 cups all-purpose white flour; 2 tablespoons yeast (or 2 x 7g pkts); 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups warm-hot water; 1/4 cup cooking oil

6 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose white flour
2 tablespoons yeast (or 2 x 7g pkts)
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups warm-hot water
1/4 cup cooking oil

Directions

1

Put 4 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt into large bowl.
2

Pour in hot water and oil and mix until combined- it will be sticky.
3

Add the remaining flour in increments until dough is no longer sticky.
4

Knead for about 5 minutes until dough is elastic and smooth.
5

Place dough back into bowl and cover with a damp teatowel and let it rise until double its size- about 1/2 hour.
6

Punch it down and divide dough into two pieces.
7

Roll pieces long enough to fill two well oiled loaf pans and leave to rise until dough has reached the rim of the pan.
8

Bake at 400F for 40 minutes.
9

Rub hot breads with water and wrap in a teatowel to'sweat' to soften the crust.