Joe Gnoza's Bread Recipes

Joe Gnoza is a KAXE member and volunteer from Hibbing. He sent us these recipes for bread:

Joes Cracked Wheat Bread

(Revised from Cold Spring, MN Bakery Recipe)

4 cups Homestead Mills cracked wheat

9 to 10 cups bread or all purpose, unbleached flour

3 tbsp. salt

1/2 cup shortening such as margarine or Crisco

3 tbsp. instant dry yeast

4 tbsp. honey

6 tbsp. sugar

5-1/2 cups warm water

Bake at 385 degrees 35 minutes

Makes eight one-pound loaves

Joe Gnoza's Basic White Bread

(Mom's Old Family Recipe)

13 to 14 cups bread or all purpose, unbleached flour

6-1/2 cups water

3 tbsp. salt

3 tbsp. instant dry yeast

Bake at 425 degrees first 20 minutes; 375 degrees

final 15 to 20 minutes

Makes eight one-pound loaves

I set and bake eight one-pound loaves at a time because they're great to give as gifts or you can double bag them in plastic and freeze them for as long as six months. If frozen, thaw (or "unthaw" as some Rangers say) your bread at room temperature and then warm it up in a 350-degree oven for five minutes. The homemade loaf will come out fresh as can be with a crispy crust.