One hour quick bread

This is one of my favorite recipes! I love how quick it comes together and that it only uses one bowl to mix.

Baking is something that I have enjoyed doing but not something I’ve felt confident with. But, I’m here to say that baking is just a skill you learn and with practice it becomes something that you will do with ease. This is why when someone is starting on their baking journey I recommend starting with a quick bread or cake that requires a few steps.

I know that when I bake and I have to use so many bowls, measuring cups, etc that I get overwhelmed with all the dishes (I’m not a fan of washing dishes).

Growing up my mother didn’t show me how to cook, bake or really how to do anything in the kitchen. I don’t have a cookbook that has been passed down from generation to generation.

So basically I was flying by the seat of my pants.

Over the years, as our family has grown, I have felt a need to truly know where our food comes from and what is in it.

When I decided to bake bread and ultimately stop buying loaves of bread from the grocery store it was a big step. I had made bread in the past but I just remember feeling like it was such a hassle with rises and making the yeast set up correctly. So I started with a simple sandwich bread and made it multiple times a week. I got to a point where I knew exactly how the dough would turn out whatever happend to it (too much/little flour, humidity, poor yeast) I would be able to troubleshoot so the bread would come out tasting delicous.

But really…is there really a bad loaf of bread? I don’t think so. I’ve never met a “bad” loaf of bread that some soft butter couldn’t fix.

So I won’t make you wait any longer! Here is my simple One Hour Quick Bread recipe:

One Hour Quick Bread

Makes one loaf of bread in about an hour

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cups warm water

1 T honey

1T active Dry Yeast ( about 1.5 packets)

1 1/2 tsp. salt

3 1/2 -4 1/2 Cups flour

Cooking Sheet or loaf pan. I prefer an 8×4 (grease pans)

Directions:

1. Combine water, honey and yeast into a bowl.
2. Let this sit for about 5 minutes. Watch for it to become foamy on top
3. Add flour and salt
4. I prefer to use a stand mixer and dough hook but you can mix this with a hard spatuala. Mix until it isn’t sticky. Start with using a little more than 3 cups and continue until you reach a consistency that isn’t sticky. I mix for a few minutes but if you are mixing by hand it will take a little longer.
5. Scoop out of bowl and add to a greased loaf pan or directly onto a greased cookie sheet and form into a loaf if making a French Loaf.
6. Cover with a towel and let sit/rise for about 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 ℉ (350 ℉ if using a loaf pan)
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes. A loaf is done when it is lightly brown and when you tap on the top it sounds hollow.
8. ENJOY!!