Canned Yeast Bread That Needs No Kneading

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 (13 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 -4 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
• 2 blend in cardamom and 1 tablespoon sugar and let stand 5 minutes.
• 3 stir in remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, milk, oil and salt.
• 4 add 2 cups flour and beat at medium speed of electric mixture until smooth.
• 5 by hand, stir in remaining flour, enough to make the batter very heavy, but to sticky to knead.
• 6 if you have a heavy duty mixer you could do it all in the machine.
• 7 place batter in 2 well greased one pound coffee cans.
• 8 cover with greased plastic lids (dough may be frozen at this stage).
• 9 let cans stand in warm place until lids pop off tops, about 1 1/2 hours (if frozen, allow cans to stand for 4 to 6 hours in warm place).
• 10 remove lids and bake at 350°f for 45-50 minutes.
• 11 if using a 2 pound can, bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• 12 cool for 10 minutes, loosen crust around edges with a knife and let bread slide from can.
• 13 place loaves on wire rack to continue cooling.
• 14 this can also be made in 2 bread pans.