HOMEMADE BREAD-DON'T FORGET THE CINNAMON

Ok this is not a recipe I took off pinterest.  When I was a kid our neighbor made this all the time-it was his grandmother's recipe. I traded a recipe that he wanted-but the kicker was this recipe came with no directions and few measurements-so you may want to experiment. This makes a good old fashioned bread that's not too dense and it's forgiving enough to experiment with. This will take a few hours to make-but it's not hard.

BRUCE'S BREAD
I use my Kitchen Aid of course.
You will need 5 lb flour-you'll probably use half but better to have more.
2 Tablespoons Sugar
2 Envelopes Yeast

Take your sugar and yeast put in a bowl.

1 1/4 C. Milk
1 1/4 C. Water
1/4 C. Margarine
Warm until marg starts melting.Add about 1/3 to your yeast mixture and let sit about 10 minutes til your mixture gets foamy and starts growing. While this is going on warm up your oven to about 180.

Add the rest of your liquid and dump about a cup of flour in. Either start mixing by hand or use your mixer. Add flour til it gets stiff-you can take out of the bowl anytime and start kneading by hand. Stop when you get tired-  really when your dough isn't sticky anymore it's good. Grease your bowl and flip your dough so it's greased on top.
Make sure your oven is off and stick your dough in-if it's really hot in there leave the door open a crack for a few minutes,  Or if you are baking something put your bowl on top of your stove and cover it with a clean dishtowel. Let rise 1 hour until double.
Grease 2 loaf pans at this time you can roll with cinnamon-or leave plain.. divide dough in 1/2 and add to each pan . Let rise another hour and then bake at 350 for 1/2 hour- easy right?

I usually make at least one roll of cinnamon bread-
4 Tablespoons Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cinnamon Mix your cinnamon &  Sugar together.
1/2 Stick melted Margarine
After your first rise divide dough in half-or  use the whole pan of dough roll into rectangle- not too thin.
Brush your melted margarine over it and sprinke with cinnamon sugar-as little or as much as you want.
Roll up and put in loaf pan let rise another hour and then bake.

Last 2 silces left-I didn't center my cinnamon very well did I?
Another awesome variation-add 1 Cup wheat bran or wheat flour in place or white flour. When I do this I will usually add a cup of home made apple butter.