I have been making essentially the recipe for years. I originally got it at magic mill bakery in Spokane, WA. It varies in that with my mixer you can do up to four loaves at time. Each loaf takes one cup of water. I do it fairly quickly without measuring. 1. I heat the water I want up to about 120°, and put it in mixer bowl. One cup per loaf. The flour will cool the water in the next step. Warm water will activate yeast better than cold water. Proofing is a waste of time. I have done hundreds of batches and never had a failure. I store my yeast in freezer. I buy it in bulk in jars. 2. Then add the same amount of flour. One cup water one cup of flour for one loaf or two and two or three and three etc. you can start with white flour and finish up with whole wheat or use 100% of either. While mixer is running add the yeast depending on amount of water. Also add some salt, about a tsp per cup of water. 3. Now add oil. One fourth cup per cup of water. Then add honey or molasses or sugar - one fourth per cup of water. Do oil first as it will help prevent the honey from sticking to measuring cup. 4 after the above are blended start adding more flour. No set amount. Just add a cup or so at a time and continue to mix. When it starts to come clean off the side of the mixing bowl stop adding. It will form one clump and split into one clump. Continue letting the machine run and kneading the bread for 6-7 minutes or longer. Be sure it splits. If it does not it is too wet so add more flour SLOWLY. 5. Grease or oil a large bowl. Put the dough into the bowl and turn to coat. Let rise for about an hour. Take the dough and split in to even amounts. Grease the right number of bread pans. Take each loaf and roll into rectangle, then roll into a loaf and place in a 9 x 5 inch bread pan seam down. 6. Let bread rise then when just about finished rising preheat the oven. Finish up as in this recipe. I freeze the extra loaves in bread bags or give them away. Mine don't last long. I use a heavy duty Bosch mixer. Much better than Kitchen Aide for bread IMHO. Great dough kooks. Don't use the wire whisks to mix. They will bend and break.

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