Onion Herb Bread I

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 5 teaspoons butter
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages dry yeast
• 1 cup very warm water
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 4 tablespoons instant minced onion
• 2 tablespoons dried dill weed
• melted butter
• salt
• crisco (for greasing the pans)

Recipe

• 1 scald the milk and remove from the heat- stir in the sugar, salt and butter until dissolved, and then cool mixture to lukewarm.
• 2 in a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in water.
• 3 add cooled milk mixture.
• 4 stir flour into yeast mixture.
• 5 add minced onions and dill weed, and then stir together until well blended, about two minutes.
• 6 cover with a cotton towel and let rise until tripled in bulk (approximately 60 to 90 minutes).
• 7 punch down and separate into two pieces.
• 8 place each piece into a separate eight-inch greased pan and spread dough until it is covering the pan.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to an hour.
• 10 brush with melted butter and sprinkle with salt.