Here's the recipe REC: Wooden Spoon Bread (for lack of a better name)
Okay, this is the basic recipe as dictated to Holly from her ex-MIL. When asking questions about the directions, she was told, "you know". Valerie like many of us, cooks from feel and memory. My stepdaughter tried to make this last night, but it didn't rise very well. She thinks she may have added the yeast mixture with the hot water, perhaps killing it, or at least maiming it a bit. The flour amount is not exact as bakers well know. I may try this today, but I am not a very good baker, so the odds of it turning out are not very good. If anyone else tries this, please let me know how it is, and what you did.
* Exported from MasterCook *
Wooden Spoon Bread
Recipe By :Valerie/Holly
Serving Size : 2 loaves Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bread
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
1/2 cup warm water
2 pkgs yeast
3 T sugar
1 T salt
1/3 c shortening
2 c hot water
6 cups flour
dissolve yeast in warm water, and proof it.
mix hot water, shortening, sugar, salt and 3 cups flour, then add yeast mixture. put wooden spoon and let sit for 10 minutes (no metal anything).
then add about 3 cups remaining flour. roll into two loaves, set on a cookie sheet, cover with a clean towel, let rise for 30 minutes, then bake for 30 minutes at 350.
dnote: this is the recipe verbatim.
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