Mini Loaves

Instead of making rolls for dinner, make some mini loaves of bread. How fun would that be for everyone to have their own little loaf of bread? Let me tell you...it's WAY fun. Now you don't want to eat it like a roll...you eat it like bread would be...in slices. So give everyone their own loaf and as they want some, they slice off a piece of bread and put on butter and jam. SO FUN!

(Just like my other bread recipes, you'll need a small and large scale to weigh your ingredients)

24 ounces Warm Water
1 ounce Yeast
40 ounces Bread Flour
1 ounce Salt
1 1/2 ounces Sugar
2 ounces Non Fat Milk Powder
1 1/2 ounces Shortening

1. Dissolve Yeast in water. Then add your Salt, Sugar, Non Fat Milk Powder, and Shortening. (When I make bread I personally like to use Kosher salt because it adds an extra kick. Try it out)
2. Slowly add in the Bread Flour. Knead until fully incorporated.
3. Spray a bowl with cooking spray and set your dough inside and then flip it. This gives it a nice coating on top so that it will keep your dough moist and not get a crusty coating while rising.
4. Cover your bowl and let the dough rise for an hour.
5. After it is finished rising, pull off a section of your dough and roll it out. Roll it up (like you would cinnamon rolls) and put it into your sprayed bread pan. Do this for every loaf. Make sure not to fill the pan to the top with your dough because it needs room to rise and then will rise more in the oven. If you have extra dough let over you can put it in a bag and throw it in the freezer for next time.
6. Once you filled every spot in your loaf pan, cover it up and let it rise for another 30 minutes or so.
7. Bake them at 350 for about 15 minutes or until done.
8. While still hot, rub the top of the loaves with butter. This will not only add a nice butter flavor, but also keep the top of the bread nice and soft and not be crusty.

**My mini loaf pan is a Wilton brand that I bought at Bed Bath & Beyond.

HOW FUN IS THAT!