12 GRAIN BREAD RECIPE - (4/5)

12 Grain Bread Recipe - (4/5) image

Provided by jeangetscookin

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 cups milk (Scalded)
1/2 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons white sugar
8 teaspoons salt
1 cup shortening melted (just under 1 cup when melted)
4 cups water
4 tablespoons fast rise yeast
2 cups 12 grain cereal
1 cup ground flax seed
5 cups whole wheat flour
White flour

Steps:

(1) In a large bowl put in sugars, salt shortening. (2) Scald the milk and pour over the above mixture. Stir until shortening is dissolved. (3) Add your water to bring down the temperature of the liquid to warm. (4) Add the 12 grain cereal and the ground flax and stir well. (5) Add the yeast to your flour and stir. (6) Add enough flour to your liquid to make it the right consistency so that you can flour your work surface and add the bread mixture and knead until elastic. (7) Grease a large bowl with shortening and put the kneaded bread into the bowl. Rub the top of the bread with shortening. Cover with a towel and place in a warm place to rise. (8) Once the bread has risen grease your bread pans and put bread in the pans, grease tops of your bread with butter or margarine, this will help bread to brown as it is baking. Let rise until double in size. (9) Bake in a 400F oven for 25-30 minutes. When bread is cooked remove from bread pans and place on a cake rack to cool. As soon a bread comes out of the oven grease tops again with butter or margarine.