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Home Made White Bread

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup warm water -- (about 110 degrees)
  • 1 package active dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cups warm milk -- (about 110 degrees)
  • 2 tablespoons salad oil (or melted, cooled butter)
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 6 cups all-purpose or bread flour

Details

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, mix water, 1 tablespoon sugar, and yeast. Stir until
dissolved. Let stand about 10 minutes, until bubbly.

Pour milk into large bowl. Stir in oil, salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, and
yeast mixture. Sprinkle in 4 cups of the flour, one cup at a time,
stirring until mixed, about 5 minutes. You can mix with a wooden spoon or
with an electric mixer. Add a 5th cup of flour and mix. The dough should
be quite stiff. Turn the dough out onto a heavily floured surface and
sprinkle with some of the remaining flour. Knead dough until smooth and
not too sticky, working in additional flour as needed. This may take 20
minutes or longer if you are working by hand.

Place kneaded dough in well-greased bowl. Coat top with oil. Cover
loosely with damp towel or plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place until
doubled, about 1 hour.

Punch down and cut dough in half with sharp knife. Form into loaves and
place into two greased 9 x5 inch loaf pans. Cover and let rise until dough
reaches even with the top of the loaf pans. Bake in pre-heated 375 degree
oven for about 35 minutes. The bread will be nice and brown when it is
done. Remove bread from pans to rack to cool.

Variations:
You can substitute 2 cups of whole wheat flour for 2 cups of the
all-purpose flour if you like whole grain bread. Or, add a tablespoon of
cinnamon and mix it in with the first cup of flour. It will make a loaf
of bread that is delicious for making French toast or cinnamon toast for
breakfast!


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NOTES : Remember, water or milk that is too hot will kill the yeast!
Water that is too cool will just slow the yeast down. If you
don't have a thermometer, check with your fingers. The liquid
should feel very warm on your fingers, but not hot.

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