White Bread

DIRECTIONS

• Dissolve yeast in 3/4 cup warm water.
• Add 2 2/3 cup warm water, 1/4 cup sugar, salt, butter and 5 cups flour. Mix well.
• Add enough remaining flour to make dough easy to work with.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
• Place dough in an oiled bowl, turning dough to coat in oil.
• Let rise, covered with a damp cloth, until doubled. approximately 1 hr.
• Punch down dough and divide in half.
• Roll each half of the dough into a rectangle, 18 x 19 inches.
• Starting at the short end, roll the dough up into a log and pressing down on the ends to seal them, Fold ends under loaf and place roll of dough in bread pan, seam side down.
• :et dough rise until double.
• Heat oven to 425 F.
• Place loaves in oven so that the top of the pan is in the center of the oven.
• Bake 30 - 35 minute Loaves should be golden brown and sound hollow when tapped.