Salt Rising Bread

Salt Rising Bread

⏱️ Ready in 2h 14m 🥄 Prep 22 min 🔥 Cook 1h 52m 👥 4 servings 👁️ 7 views

Salt Rising Bread is an impressive baked good you can prepare in about 2 hours 14 minutes. Made with c. homeground meal, c. boiling milk, or 1/2 tsp. soda, c. boiling water and c. sugar, this recipe delivers authentic, satisfying flavors. Great for entertaining guests or a cozy night in.

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👨‍🍳 Instructions

Stir meal into boiling milk.

Let sit until double in warm place (1/2 to 1 1/4 days).

Add soda.

Make sponge of 2 cups boiling water poured over 1/2 cup sugar and 1 cup milk in crock. Thicken with about 5 cups flour.

Add meal yeast.

Place pitcher in hot water and let batter double (2 hours).

Sift 5 pounds flour into dishpan.

Set aside 2 cups of this flour.

Cut into flour the shortening, 1/3 cup sugar and salt.

Put in nest of flour in pan. Pour sponge in nest and rinse pitcher with 6 cups of the warm water in pan.

Mix well; put in well-greased loaf pans and set in very warm place to rise to double.

Bake at 350° for 15 minutes and 300° for 1 hour.

Turn out on brown paper and butter.

Total flour needed is 7 1/2 pounds.

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