Miracle Bread

Ready to dive into bread baking? 


This recipe is the first bread I made when I was nine or ten years old. It really is simple and needs no kneading. I remember how pleased I was to have baked bread myself. 

The recipe for this bread was given to my mom years ago by a woman who worked in an inner city mission. As she encouraged city ladies and taught them homemaking skills, this is one of the recipes she used. They would roll the dough with a soda bottle since they didn't own a rolling pin!

There isn't anything particularly "miraculous" about it, so don't worry if you aren't feeling very wonder-working! But if you have never made bread, pulling a fragrant loaf of homemade bread from the oven, can truly seem like a miracle.

The dough can be used in a variety of ways. I'll demonstrate a long French type loaf, perfect for garlic bread. But you can put this dough in loaf pans or even make cinnamon rolls with it.

Miracle Bread

1/2 cup warm water
2 T  yeast
2 T sugar or honey

Mix together and allow the yeast to dissolve for a few minutes.


2 cups warm water
2 T melted butter or oil
2 tsp salt

Combine with yeast water.

6-7 cups flour

Mix in six cups of flour. Stir well by hand or mixer equipped with dough hook. If dough is too sticky, add a little more flour.

Form into a ball. Place in greased bowl and roll dough to grease the top of the dough.

Let rise for 30 to 60 minutes at room temperature. It should expand to double it's size.
Divide dough in half and roll out as you would pie dough.
Roll up as a jelly roll. Place it on a greased baking sheet.
Make diagonal slits across the top with a sharp knife.
Do the same with second ball of dough. Let rise about 1 hour or until double in size.
Beat 1 egg and 2 T milk. Brush egg mixture over top of bread.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds.
Bake at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Try to let it cool before cutting into the loaf! Bet you can't! This bread is awesome with butter and a sprinkle of garlic powder!