Home cookin'... there's nothing quite like it. If you aren't already into cooking and inventing your own recipes, consider this: It is one of the most creative things you can do for yourself. And if you don't think you're good at cooking, help has arrived. The following recipe is touted as one that you really can't mess up, so give it a shot. You might surprise yourself! Try this with homemade vegetable stew! YUM!

HOMEMADE BREAD (start to finish - 1 hour)
Makes 4 LOAVES -- if you don't have a large freezer or friends to share with, adapt the recipe for 2 loaves.

10 1/2 cups of unbleached white flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
3 rounded Tbsp. Saf-Instant Yeast
3 Tbsp. liquid Lecithin*
4 cups hot tap water

Mix dry ingredients. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more water. If dough is too moist, add more flour. Mix for 5 minutes. (Do NOT add water or flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.) Spray the counter and loaf pans with PAM®. Shape loaves, place dough into pans, and cover with a dish towel. Let raise for 25 minutes. Bake for 25 minutes at 350° F.

* Squeeze or pour approximately 3 tablespoons of lecithin directly into the bowl. Do not measure.

For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe, but substitute whole wheat flour for unbleached white flour and add one cup of applesauce as part of the hot tap water. Mix for 10 minutes, instead of 5.

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