Papa's bread

In the Stevens family, my husband's dad has a bread recipe that is phenomenal.  We asked him to share the recipe and this is what I got.

In small bowl add 1 cup warm not hot water. Add 2 tbsp yeast. Sprinkle with sugar. Do not stir. Let bubble. In large bowl put 4 cups of flour. Mix in 3/4 cup sugar. Add tbsp salt. Add 1 cup of warm water to yeast mixture. Add to big bowl. Then add 1/3 cup oil. Stir. Keep adding flour and stirring until mixture is moist but not sticky. Knead until you get tired. Put breadmixture in greased bowl, cover with towel for 35 minutes. Punch down mixture. Divide in two. Make loaves. Put them in greased bread pans and cover. Let rise 1/2 hour. Pre heat oven to 325. Put in loaves after taking off towel(s). Let cook for 30 minutes or until brown. Take loaves out and put them on a drying rack. Let stand for 10 minutes. Put butter on top of loaves. Cut bread and butter. Clean up kitchen.

I like to make my recipe like this for easy read.  I usually omit the extra cup of water and flower because it can be a bit ombiguos and harder to judge if you don't have the experience.

Ingredients
• 1 cup warm not hot water. 
• Add 2 tbsp yeast. Sprinkle with sugar. Do not stir. Let bubble. 
• In large bowl put 4 cups of flour.
• Mix in 3/4 cup sugar. 
• Add 1 tsp salt. 
• Then add 1/3 cup oil
Mix ingredients together.  Grease pan.  Cook at 325 degrees for 30 minutes

Moistest Chocolate Cake

This recipe will not fail you if you follow the instructions.  It is so good and sweet. 

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups brown sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk or substitute by putting 1 tbsp white vinegar in a cup and let stand 5 minutes until thickened
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup of boiling water

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.  Batterwill be very runny.
3. Cook for about 35 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Icing

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 to 5 tablespoons 2% milk
• Mix ingredients together in the order written.  Yields 1-2/3 cups