Buttermilk Honey Bread

This is Beth Hensperger’s buttermilk honey bread, from her Bread Bible.

Ingredients

• 3/4 C water
• 1 T yeast
• 1 T sugar
• 1.5 C buttermilk (consisder substituting yogurt)
• 2 T butter (melted)
• 3 T honey
• 6-6.25 C regular or bread flour

Instructions

The dough schould initially be “shaggy” and should become smooth and springy after moderate kneading. Rise 1.25h, punch down, pan-rise 45m, glaze, and bake at 375 for 45m.