.25cupsMelted Butter(4 Tablespoons or 1/2 a stick)
.33Cups Honey
1tspSalt
.75tspBaking Soda
5CupsBread Flour
Instructions
Mix nutmeg, yeast, and warm water and set aside for a few minutes until yeast foams. Water should be around 90-100 degrees F, running your tap on hot until warm.
Mix bread flour, baking soda, and salt together in the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl to hand mix.
Add buttermilk, milk, melted butter, honey, and yeast mixture in with the flour. With a dough hook, slowly mix to combine. If needed, add additional flour until it pulls off the side of the bowl. Knead on low to medium speed for 5 minutes. You can also do this by hand. When dough comes together turn out on floured surface and knead until smooth and stretchy.
Place dough in a greased bowl, covered in plastic wrap in a warm spot until doubles in size- About an hour to hour and a half.
Once doubled, punch dough down and shape into loaves. Use 2 large greased bread pans or 3 tinfoil greased bread pans. Cover pans and let rise for 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes before removing from pan and cool on wire rack.
Optional- While bread is cooling- Melt 2 Tablespoons butter and mix with 1 tablespoon honey and brush over the top of the loaf.