Amish Bread Link and Uses

Ok, the Amish Bread recipe is located here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Amish-Bread/Detail.aspx

This recipe is, indeed good for sandwiches, as long as you let the bread cool completely before slicing (!!). I decided to stop buying sandwich bread at the store and went on a mission to find a good sandwich bread. I found some really yummy bread recipes along the way at allrecipes.

In addition to sandwiches, I used it, thickly sliced, the other morning for french toast. It turned out pretty well, although you do need a little more oil to cook it in (or cook in butter so you can get the buttery taste without adding butter when it's done to keep down the fat).

I do experience bread failure with this recipe when the humidity is very low, but in trying to figure out what the problem was, I found this nifty site http://www.moldova.org/retete/eng/85/1162/ which suggested watching the first few minutes of the knead cycle to evaluate my dough and add water if necessary in low humidity (we often get down to 4 or 5 % humidity here).

It's also yummy with dinner, although it DOES NOT slice well warm, so you will need to make first then reheat in the oven or use a different recipe with dinner. We have bread at just about every dinner to stretch things, as I'm sure most of you can agree with!

I do NOT do the extra rise as mentioned in the recipe, as I often make my bread over night.