Homemade Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cupful water
• £ tablespoonf ul butter
• 1 teaspoonf ul salt
• J cake compressed yeast
• 1 teaspoonf ul sugar
• J cupful water
• 3J cupfuls flour

Method

1. 1

   Combine the water, butter, salt, yeast, and sugar in a bowl.

2. 2

   Gradually add the flour and mix until a dough forms.

3. 3

   Knead the dough until smooth, then let it rise until doubled in size.

4. 4

   Shape into a loaf and let it rise again before baking.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A text-book of cooking (1915) by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer, page 144. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cupful water £ tablespoonf ul butter 1 teaspoonf ul salt J cake compressed yeast 1 teaspoonf ul sugar J cupful water 3J cupfuls flour By weighing and measuring one finds : 1 pound sugar measures 2 cupfuls 1 pound butter measures 2 cupfuls 1 pound flour measures 4 cupfuls 1 teaspoonf ul sugar weighs 0.16 ounce J tablespoonf ul butter weighs 0.26 ounce 3J cupfuls flour weigh 14.0 ounces Then, From data of How the Fuel Value of a Food Material is Measured (p. 358) 1 teaspoonful sugar yields (113 x 0.16 = ) 18.08 Calories i tablespoonful butter yields (217.88 x 0.25 =) 64.47 Calories 3} cupfuls flour yield (100.98 x 14 = ) 1413.72 Calories 1 loaf of bread yields (18.08 + 64.47 +.1413. 72 =) 1486.27 Calories For the practical method of calculating diet (see p. 373) it is convenient to have the 100-Calorie portion of a recipe, or a " made " food. THE FUEL VALUE OF FOODS 363 The 100-Calorie portion of bread is estimated from the above result in the following manner : Since 1486.27 Calories are yielded by one loaf of homemade bread

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