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Cronkhite
Quick Method White Bread.
3 qts. flour; 1 qt water or milk; 4 tsp. salt; 3 tbsp. shortening; 3 tbsp. shortening; 3 cakes yeast. Scald milk and let cool and pour 1 cup into bowl, add sugar, salt and shortening and add sifted flour until a sponge is made. Add yeast to remaining of milk, and mix with sponge + rest of flour. Let raise 1 hr. and 45 mins. Knead down and let raise 30 mins. Let rest 10 mins. then mold into loaf. Let raise to double in size. Bake in quick oven at 425 F. for 15 mins., then lower to 375 F. to finish baking.
ksul-uasc-mscc227_029
Cronkhite
Whole Wheat Bread
3 compressed yeast cakes; 1 qt. milk, scalded; 2 tbsp. shortening; 2 tbsp. sugar; 2/3 of portion of flour used should be whole wheat and 1/3 white flour; 1 tbsp. salt. Dissolve yeast in 1 cup milk, mix the flours, sugar and salt together, and add to the milk and the yeast, then work in shortening. Add enough flour to make a velvety dough. Allow to raise for 1 hour and 50 mins. at 80 F., then knead down and allow to raise 50 mins. more, then knead down, let rest on board about 10 mins, then mold into loaves and let raise in the pan until light or about another 50 mins. Bake in a hot oven at 450 F.
