WATER BREAD
2½ quarts of flour,
1 quart of water,
1 tablespoonful of salt,
1½ cakes of compressed yeast.
Place the flour on the hot shelf to get thoroughly warm. Let it be warm to the hand. Dissolve the yeast in a tablespoonful of water, and add it, with the salt, to a quart of warm water. Turn the liquid into the flour, reserving enough flour to use on the molding-board. Mix it thoroughly. Turn it on to the board and form it into well-shaped loaves. This quantity of material will make three loaves. Let it rise in the pans to double in size, which will take about one and a half hours. Bake for one hour.
This bread is made in about three hours. It is the most simple receipt possible, and gives excellent results. Some judgment must be used about the quantity of flour, as it takes a little more or less according to its dryness.