Lacy’s Honey Butter Bread

For the Bread…

- In a large bowl mix:

       1 T. active dry yeast

        2 c. warm water

        a pinch of honey or sugar

-       Add & mix:

        ¼ c. honey or sugar

        2 tsp. salt

        3 T. oil

        3 c. bread or general-purpose flour

-       Add and mix:

        ½ c. of flour at a time until dough is

        smooth and elastic               

-     Rise until doubled in size (about 1.5 hours)

-    Spray two 9X5 bread pans with cooking spray

-    Remove air bubbles from dough and divide into two equal portions (log sized) and place into loaf pans

-     Let rise (45 minutes – 1 hour)

-     Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 – 33 minutes

For Honey Butter Topping…

- In a bowl, mix 1 stick of butter with about 3 T. honey and 1 T. powdered sugar (can add more honey or powdered sugar depending on desired sweetness)

Put bread on a wire rack, spread tops with honey butter topping, and allow to cool for 10 minutes before slicing

Slice and serve with extra honey butter topping