Creole Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water, warm
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 5 -8 cups flour, divided (the amount you will need depends upon the humidity in your region)
• 1 1/2 cups coconut milk, lowfat version
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 mix together the warm water, yeast, 2 teaspoons of sugar, and 2 tablespoons of flour in a small bowl and set aside for 10 minutes. (unusual to put flour into proofing.).
• 2 warm milk, oil, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and salt in the microwave for about 20 seconds-stir together and set aside. don't let the mixture boil, you just want to heat it up a bit.
• 3 sift 5 cups of flour into a large bowl.
• 4 once the milk mixture has cooled enough that you can comfortably stick a finger in it, mix it into the yeast.
• 5 add all wet ingredients to the flour.
• 6 mix with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. if sticky, add flour until you have a dough that you can knead.
• 7 dust your counter with flour and knead the dough until smooth, about 5-8 minutes. if the dough becomes sticky as you knead just sprinkle with flour as required. you may have to add up to a cup of flour at this stage depending on the humidity of your kitchen.
• 8 put in greased bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in size.
• 9 punch down and knead for two or three minutes.
• 10 make into two large or six small round balls.
• 11 place on a greased pan-let rise again, bake at 400 f/205 c for 30-35 minutes until the tops brown and the bottom of a loaf, when tapped, sounds hollow.