Big Ole Bills Buttermilk Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Proof yeast in warm water.
• Place the butter or margarine and buttermilk in a small saucepan. Heat slowly until butter or margarine has melted. Cool to lukewarm.
• Place sugar, salt, baking soda, buttermilk mixture, and yeast in large mixing bowl. Add 3 cups flour one cup at a time, and mix with the dough hook attachment of an electric mixer. Gradually add the remaining flour while continuing to mix. When dough is not sticky, turn out on a lightly floured surface. Knead for several minutes, until the dough is soft and smooth. Place in a greased bowl, and turn once. Allow to rise until doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough. Divide, and shape into 2 loaves. Place in two well greased 8 x 4 inch bread pans. Allow to rise until dough has risen one inch above pans.
• Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Loaves are done when nicely brown and hollow sounding when thumped.

Steps:

• Mix the yeast and water in the bowl of your mixer and let proof for 5-10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the buttermilk and butter over low heat until the butter melts.
• The mixture will look badly curdled- don't worry, that's what happens when buttermilk is heated.
• It will be fine.
• Mix the salt, baking soda and sugar into 1 cup of the flour.
• Pour over the yeast, and mix until thoroughly combined.
• Put the bowl on your mixer with the dough hook attachment, add another cup of flour and mix until the flour is incorporated.
• Keep adding flour until the dough comes together and is no longer sticky.
• Then let the dough knead in the machine 5-10 minutes.
• Take out of the bowl and finish kneading by hand until the dough is smooth.
• Turn into a buttered bowl, cover with plastic wrap, then a towel, and then let it sit to rise until doubled.
• Punch down the dough, divide and shape into 2 loaves, then place in greased loaf pans.
• Set aside for the second rising.
• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake the loaves until done, about 30-45 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Mix yeast and warm water in a bowl. Let it set for around 10 minutes or until frothy.
• 2. Heat buttermilk and butter in a sauce pan until it has melted. Set aside until cool.
• 3. Place all dry ingredients except flour in a mixer's bowl. Add 3 cups of flour, one cup at a time while mixing with a dough hook. Add yeast and buttermilk mixture. Add the remaining flour and mix until dough is not sticky.
• 4. Kneed dough on floured surface for a few minutes until the dough is soft and smooth.
• 5. Place the dough in a bowl that was greased with cooking oil. Turn the dough in the bowl so the other side is also greased. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Allow it to rise in a warm area until doubled in size. This should be around 2 hours give or take.
• 6. Punch down the dough and knead a few times then divide it in half and knead a few more times. Shape into 2 separate loaves and place each in a greased bread pan.
• 7. Cover pans with plastic wrap and let it rise until dough is about 1 inch above top of bread pans.
• 8. Bake in 375 degree pre-heated oven for 20 to 30 minutes until lightly golden brown and the bread sounds hollow when tapped.
• 9. When finished, removed from pan and place loaves on wire cooling rack. Cut a slice off and dump a boat load of butter on it. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Let the buttermilk come to room temperature or microwave until almost warm.
• Add the ingredients to the machine in order given.
• Set on dough cycle.
• When complete, remove dough and shape into a log and place in a pam sprayed loaf pan.
• Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size or about 1 hour.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. First we make the biga. In a medium bowl mix water and yeast if using regular yeast. Wait 10 minutes or so until yeast has creamy texture. If using instant yeast just mix yeast and water straight into flour in the next step.
• 2. Mix flour and water and yeast mixture into bowl to form sticky and loose dough.
• 3. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for 3 or 4 hours.
• 4. Once the biga rests it will be bubbly. Pour two more cups of warm water into it a little at a time. Scrape along the edge of the bowl with a spatula.
• 5. Pour mixture into a standing mixer bowl with an oiled dough hook. Mix on low for 1-2 minutes, and continue to mix while slowly adding flour. Add salt with last cup of flour. Mix on medium for 10 minutes. Then mix on high for 10 more minutes. Dough should pull away from sides of the mixing bowl.
• 6. Transfer to dough to a bowl greased with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 40-50 minutes.
• 7. Dip a spatula in warm water. Fold dough from outside to center. Do this 7-10 times. Using hands raise dough out of bowl and until it starts to fold over and put back in bowl. Turn bowl 90 degrees and do this again. Cover again and let rise for another 40 to 50 minutes. Repeat spatula folds and lifting folds again.
• 8. Generously sprinkle work surface with flour, and let dough slide onto it by flipping bowl upside down. Sprinkle the top of the dough with flour, and gently form dough to a rectangle. Cut dough into 3 elongated loaves. I use a bench scraper to do this.
• 9. Generously sprinkle 3 kitchen hand towels with flour. Transfer one loaf to center of each towel and cover by folding towel ends over each one.
• 10. Preheat oven to 450 degrees while bread is resting in towel. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and sprinkle paper with flour. Flip each loaf gently from towels onto parchment paper.
• 11. Spray the oven with warm water right before you place it in oven to create steam.
• 12. Bake for 450 degrees for 10 minutes without ever opening the oven. Leave bread in oven and reduce heat to 400 degrees and then bake for another 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 13. Note... In my oven when I bake 2 loaves at a time, I bake for a total of 30 minutes. 1 loaf a total of 20 minutes

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select the Basic White Bread setting, then press Start. If the ingredients do not form a ball after a few minutes, add a splash more buttermilk, or a handful of flour if it is too loose.

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).