I loved this book when I was little, and every house is probably full of some picky eaters so this made for a fun read with the kids. My kids all thought it was hilarious how much food Frances and her friend brought in their school lunches.
Here's the bread recipe we used that I got from a friend (Angela) back in college. I love this bread because it is a bit sweet. It reminds me a little of
King's Hawaiian bread.
Bread
In a small bowl:
3 packages yeast, 1 cup warm water, 3 tsp. sugar and a pink of all purpose flour sprinkled.
Let stand while you mic up the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl.
In a big bowl:
First stir dry ingredients together.
4 cups bread flour, 3/4 cups sugar, 2 tsp. salt.
Stir in next three ingredients separately:
3/4 cup warm water, 3 eggs, 2/3 cups oil.
After mixing 6 ingredients together, add the yeast mixture to it.* Take dough out of bowl and knead about 20 times with hands. Pick up dough and gently place in bottom of large container and cover with a towel. Let rise 2 hours then punch down. Divide into 4** equal parts. Knead each dough ball about 10 times. Form each dough ball into loaf shape and place into 4 greased loaf pans. Cover again with towel and let rise until dough is 3/4 the way up loaf pan (about 2 hours). Beat one egg and brush on top of loaves. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.*** Remove from oven. Let cool before placing in plastic bag.
*I made this bread a lot a decade ago. Since then, not so much. In my memory, this worked perfectly but making it this time, I added probably an addition cup of flour. Judge if your dough is too sticky or not and add flour accordingly.
**I've never gotten four loaves out of this. Usually two really large ones. If I had a third loaf pan, I'd go with three loaves.
***I always start checking at 20 to be safe.
I LOVE this new
jam from Welch's.
