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Betty's home-made bread (4 loaves) takes several minutes to prepare.

Betty's home-made bread (4 loaves) takes several minutes to cook.

Betty's home-made bread (4 loaves) makes 40 servings.

The ingredients for Betty's home-made bread (4 loaves) are:

2 c. water
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp shortening
2 eggs
2 Tbsp bakers yeast + 1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 c. white flour
5 c. whole wheat flour

Here is how you make Betty's home-made bread (4 loaves):

1. Put the 2 cups of water in a glass bowl and microwave until it boils2. Measure sugar into large bowl, then take out 1 tsp of the sugar and put into a cup measure.3. Add the salt, butter and shortening to the large bowl and pur the boiling water over it. Stir until the butter and shortening are melted.4. To the 1 tsp of sugar add the yeast and lukewarm water and let stand until it foams nicely. This should give the boiling water time to cool down.5. Once hot mixture cools a bit, whisk in eggs, then yeast mixture6. Whisk in white flour, then add brown flour cup by cup until kneading consistency reached.7. Let rise one or two hours.8. Divide into 4 equal parts and place in loaf pans9. Let rise another hour 10. Bake at 325 for approx 25 minutesNumber of Servings: 40Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user YCROZIER.

The nutritional information for Betty's home-made bread (4 loaves) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 40
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 85.1

• Total Fat: 1.3 g
• Cholesterol: 11.5 mg
• Sodium: 76.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 2.9 g