Grandma Krebels Bread Recipes

GRANDMA VANDOREN'S WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine warm water, yeast, salt, oil, sugar, and 4 cups flour. Mix thoroughly, and let sponge rise until doubled in size.
• Gradually add about 4 cups flour, kneading until smooth. Place dough in a greased bowl, and turn several times to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled.
• Punch down the dough, let it rest a few minutes. Divide dough into three equal parts. Shape into loaves, and place in three 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch greased bread pans. Let rise until almost doubled.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 45 minutes. The loaves may need to be covered for the last few minutes with foil to prevent excess browning.

GRANDMA KREBEL'S BREAD

Steps:

• Mix 1/2 cup of the sugar with the yeast in 1 cup warm water.
• Sift the flour with the remaining sugar and salt.
• Add the remaining 3 cups warm water and the yeast mixture to make the dough.
• Knead well, then place in greased or buttered bowl, cover, and rise for 1 hour.
• Knead again and let rise for 2 1/2 hours.
• Punch down and form into 4 loaves.
• Place loaves in greased and floured loaf pans, cover, and let rise for 1 hour.
• Bake at 275 degrees for 50 minutes.

GRANDMA RUSSELL'S BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine yeast, warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar. In a saucepan, heat milk, butter, salt and remaining sugar until butter is melted. Remove from heat; stir in potatoes until smooth. Cool to lukewarm; add eggs and mix well., Beat potato mixture and 5 cups flour into yeast mixture until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours., Punch down dough and divide in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll each half into a 16x8-in. rectangle. Brush with melted butter. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over butter. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; pinch seam to seal. Place in 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 375°. Bake loaves until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cover loosely with foil if tops brown too quickly. Remove from pans to wire racks; serve warm.

GRANDMOTHER'S FAMOUS CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda into a large bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Add egg, orange peel and orange juice all at once.
• Stir just until mixture is evenly moist.
• Fold in raisins and cranberries.
• Spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 F for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
• If you like, you can substitute cranberries for the raisins to have an all cranberry bread.