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"Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts!"--James Beard

The Big Orange Bowl Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Flour
Salt
Sugar
Bacon grease -- I think for when kneading
Yeast, dissolved in water
Water or milk
Lard or shortening
Directions:
Directions:
As a child, when I saw the Big Orange Bowl come out of the cupboard, I knew it was bread making morning. My mother, Olive Short, put all of these ingredients into this bowl, using scoops of this and dashes of that. I call it an "Unrecipe," for there were no written amounts. She said "I put in until the dough feels right." She mixed and kneaded the dough; then, put the covered bowl near the coal furnace register in the dining room. The warm air from the furnace made this the perfect spot for raising bread. Every so often she uncovered the bowl, kneaded the dough, recovered the bowl, then let it rise until it was time to make the loaves. "Oh, the magic of this Orange Bowl," for out of it came 5 large loaves of bread.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5 loaves
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I've tried my mother's "Unrecipe" many times, but have never mastered the same ability. Bob still says "it's not like your mother's." Maybe I needed that "Big Orange Bowl." We do miss her wonderful bread.

 

 

 

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