There is nothing better than homemade bread. The second best thing is how the house smells as it is baking. I make bread from several different recipes, but I needed to use up some buttermilk today. This is how I make buttermilk/honey bread. Pour 1/4 cup warm water in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon yeast, about the same as one packet. I buy yeast in bulk at Sam's; it is much cheaper that way. Let it proof for 5 minutes. Heat 2 cups of buttermilk until it is warm; NOT boiling. This is 1/3 cup honey. We use local honey made by a friend. I have found that some of the honey at the supermarket has corn syrup added. 1/4 cup butter, melted just enough to be liquid and warm. 1 teaspoon salt and 3/4 teaspoon baking soda (or sody, as some folks call it). Add the buttermilk, honey, salt, and soda to the yeast mixture and mix together. This blue Kitchen-Aid mixer was my Christmas gift las...
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