Best Ever White Bread

This is a fabulous white bread, perfect for sandwiches and morning toasts. From the " Heartland Cooking" serie, by Frances Towner Giedt.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 45 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 slices

Ingredients

• 1  cup mineral water
• 2  tablespoons mineral water
• 3  cups white bread flour
• 1⁄4 cup dry buttermilk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  tablespoon sugar
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
• 2  tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 2  tablespoons active dry yeast

Directions

1. Put all ingredients in the bread machine pan.
2. Select "Dough" cycle.
3. When the machine beeps, remove the dough from the machine and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Punch down and roll up jelly-roll-style into a cylinder, tucking ends under to seal. Place seam side down in prepared loaf pan.
4. Cover and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 350°F Bake loaf until browned, abou 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove to rack to cool.
6. Note: If the bread appears to be browning too quickly, tent it with aluminum foil for the final 10 minutes of baking.