Recipe: Pioneer Bread

Recipes using Fleischmann's Yeast

Pioneer Bread Ingredients

• 2 1/4 tsp active /dry yeast
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 3 tbsp butter, softened
• 1/2 cup yellow corn meal
• 2 to 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour

To make Pioneer Bread

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl. Let sit 10 minutes to activate.
2. Add sugar, salt, egg, butter, corn meal and 1 cup of the flour. Mix well.
3. Stir in enough of remaining flour to make Pioneer Bread dough easy to handle.
4. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
5. Place the Pioneer Bread dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top.
6. Cover bowl with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place, for about 1 1/2 hours.
7. Punch down dough. Form dough into loaf and place in a greased 9x5 loaf pan. Brush top lightly with butter. Sprinkle with corn meal.
8. Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise until double in bulk, about an hour.
9. Preheat oven to 400° F. Bake until loaf sounds hollow when tapped, about 25 to 30 minutes.
10. Remove Pioneer Bread from pan, and cool on wire rack.

Makes 1 loaf of Pioneer Bread.