Recipes

PIONEER BREAD
  • Ingredients
  • 2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 cap packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 packages active dry yeast
  • 1/2 cup very warm water (110F. to 115F.)
  • 3/4 cup stirred whole-wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup stirred rye flour
  • 4-1 /4 to 4-1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
Directions
  1. Grease two 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2 inch loaf pan and sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon cornmeal. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine remaining corn- meal, brown sugar, salt, 2 cups boiling water and short- ening
  2. Let cool to lukewarm, about 30 minutes. Soften yeast in 1/2 cup very warm water; stir into commeal mixture
  3. For stirred flour, stir the flour gently with a spoon to lighten before measuring
  4. Add whole- wheat and rye flours; mix well
  5. Stir in enough all-pur- pose flour to make a moderately stiff dough. Turn dough out onto a floured board and knead until smooth, 6 to 8 minutes
  6. Return dough to a greased bowl, cover, set in a warm place and let rise until dou- bled in bulk about 50 to 60 minutes. Divide dough in half, let rest 5 minutes
  7. Shape dough into 2 loaves
  8. Place into prepared loaf pans
  9. Cover and let rise for about 30 to 40 minutes. Bake in a preheated 375F
  10. oven for 45 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when rapped with a spoon
  11. Turn out of pans; cool on rack
  12. Makes two loaves.


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