Looking for a moist bread to accompany your favorite soup or chowder? The celery flavor in this bread goes great with many soups, such as chicken noodle, minestrone, and clam chowder. Makes one loaf.
Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp shortening
- 2-1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup condensed cream of celery
- 2-1/2 cups bread flour
- egg white
Preparation:
- In medium bowl, mix together salt, sugar, shortening, yeast, milk, water, and condensed cream of celery. Mix in 2 cups of flour.
- Turn dough out on floured board. Knead in remaining 1/2 cup flour.
- Put dough in greased bowl, turn over so that top is greased. Cover and let set in warm place for about 1 hour or until double in size.
- Punch down. Turn out onto board and knead for about 3 minutes.
- Form dough into loaf. Place in greased 8.5 by 4.5 inch loaf pan. Cover and let rise for about 45 minutes or until double in size.
- Brush on egg white to make the bread top glossy. Score the loaf by making a long slash down the top.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes or until the bread sounds hollow when you tap on it with your fingers.
- Remove from heat and turn loaf out. Let cool on a rack or on a clean cloth.
- Bread can be wrapped and frozen for up to three months.
