Recipe: Cornmeal Yeast Bread

Recipes using Fleischmann's Yeast

Price Each: $9.42USD

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Cornmeal Yeast Bread Ingredients

• 4 1/2 tsp dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 1/3 cups yellow cornmeal
• 7 to 7 1/2 cups unbleached wheat flour

To make Cornmeal Yeast Bread

1. Activate yeast in warm water and let stand 10 minutes.
2. Add sugar, butter and salt to scalded milk. Cool to lukewarm. When mixture is lukewarm, beat in 3 cups of the flour, then beat in the eggs, cornmeal and activated yeast.
3. Add remaining flour as needed to make a soft dough. Knead 10 minutes. Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with a damp cloth.
4. Let dough rise in a warm place until double in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
5. Punch down dough and shape into 3 loaves, place shaped Cornmeal Yeast Bread loaves in greased 9x5x3 inch pans.
6. Cover pans and let raise in pans until light, about 30 minutes.
7. Bake Cornmeal Yeast Bread in preheated 375° F. oven for 40 to 45 minutes.