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Bread, doughnuts, and biscuits. Doesn’t that sound comforting ? I consider anything with flour, sugar or honey, butter, olive oil, eggs, salt, soda, yeast or any leavening, basic simple staples that can be turned into good old-fashioned food. Here are some of our favorites.

Challah Braid

1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (105-115)
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 T. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 T. shortening
2 1/2 – 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water, then stir into the lukewarm water, sugar, salt, egg, shortening and 1 1/4 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour. Knead for 5 mins. Let rise 1 1/2 hrs. Punch down and braid, now brush with butter and let double (40 mins.) Heat oven to 375. Brush with egg yoke mixture
(1 egg yoke, and 2 T. cold water) Bake 25-30 mins.

This recipe is so easy to make and yummy my daughter makes it for us often.

Doughnuts!

This is my friend’s recipe. She really knows how to make a doughnut 🙂

I love these doughnuts! The first time I made them they turned out perfect. Great recipe.

Better than Crispy Cream’s Doughnuts

1 T Yeast
1 3/4 C lukewarm Water
1/2 C Sugar
1 tsp Salt
2 Eggs
1/3 C Shortening
5 C Flour

Dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 cups of flour. Beat on low for 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in remaining flour until smooth
Cover and let rise until double (50 to 60 minutes)
Turn dough onto flour surface – coat lightly with flour. Gently roll dough 1/2″ thick with floured rolling pin
Cut with floured doughnut cutter
Cover and let rise until double (30 to 40 minutes)
Heat oil to 350 degrees
Slide doughnuts into hot oil with a wide spatula
Turn doughnuts as they rise
Fry about 1 minute on each side
Remove from oil
Dip in glaze or roll