Gabby And I Made Our Own Bread!

I made my own bread today, and it was quite a badass experience.
Yeah yeah, call me boring, but I've been on this self-sustaining kick, learning how to grow vegetables from seeds, getting around by bike, making my own bow and arrow, and learning how to knit.

So, here's the recipe. The one below is different, because I added some other stuff.

1/4 cup milk
5 teaspoons sugar (or 1 1/2 tablespoons and I used natural Sugar in the Raw)

2 teaspoons Honey

1 egg
1 teaspoons salt
5 teaspoons butter (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
1 package active dry yeast (you can get yeast near the flour at your local grocery store)
3 cups all purpose flour
nonstick cooking spray (I used melted butter and a tablespoon of olive oil)


Basically, add in the yeast with 1/4 cup warm water in a bowl as well as 1 teaspoon of sugar, stir until it's not lumpy, and then let it sit for 10 minutes.
After this, add in the butter, sugar,honey, and milk. Stir in lightly, then throw in the egg and 2 cups of the flour, gradually adding it in as you stir.
Use a flat surface, cover it lightly with flour, and then start kneading the dough. It was awesome. After this, start punching, slapping, and pounding the dough for roughly 10 minutes, gradually turning it into a ball at the end of the ten minutes.
Now, throw in a bowl, cover with a towel, and let sit for an hour. Go have sex or masturbate, and come back.
Save your bodily juices for basting of the loaf later on. They'll add a nice glaze.
.. erm.. uh.. *Ahem*...
Come back an hour later and pound the shit out of it again. 10 minutes.

At the end of this round, though, make it nice and flat, and roll it out to fit the loaf pan you're using. I used an empty wine bottle. It worked just fine and dandy.

Throw it in the pan, and leave ANOTHER DAMN HOUR WHAT THE HELL. (don't forget the towel)

Put it in the oven at 400 degrees F, and bake for 30 minutes.

When you take it out, remove it from the pan immediately. It should be nice and yummy.

Here's the finished result!