Bread

This is the pantry secrets recipe for white bread.

10 1/2 cups white bread flour or wheat flour (not all-purpose flour)
1/2 cup sugar (or brown sugar or honey)
1 tbsp salt
3 rounded tbsp saf instant yeast (straight from the freezer works great)
3 tbsp liquid lecithin (too sticky to measure -- just squeeze 3 quarter-size blobs directly into the bowl)
4 cups very hot tap water (as hot as your tap gets)

Mix dry ingredients. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more water by T. Dough should be very sticky. Mix for 5 minutes. Do not add flour to the dough after it has finished mixing. Spray counter and pans with pam or oil.  Shape loaves by pinching to the middle and rolling. Put loaves in pans and cover with a dish towel. Let raise 25 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. This recipe makes 4 loaves of bread.

For whole wheat bread, use the same recipe but add one cup of room temp applesauce as part of the hot tap water and add 1 additional tbsp lecithin. Mix for 10 minutes.

Can use different combinations of flours and sugars:
5 white, 4 1/2 wheat, 3/4 nine grain, 1/2 germ, 1/4 brown sugar, 1/4 white sugar
6 wheat, 1 nine grain, 3 1/2 white, 1/2 brown sugar
etc.

Tips for other breads:
For french bread, spray with water for a crustier crust.
Cook rolls for about 13 minutes.
For pizza crust, bake at 450 with no rise time.
For a cream cheese braid, combine 4 oz softened cream cheese, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.