White Bread - Bread Machine

Submitted by Ronbo

"Classic simple white bread. Great for sandwiches & makes amazing toast.     I have a Cooks model 780-2159 bread maker. This recipe comes more or less right out their instruction manual. Bread mixes are convenient & always seem to work, but are really expensive. I buy my yeast by a pint jar rather than packets. The yeast will keep for years in the fridge. I buy my flour in 12lb size bags at member mega store. Preferably bread or 00 flour than general purpose. Making my purchases this way, I figure this loaf cost about 35 cents."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 5 Lb Loaf
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup water, 120f
• 2 teaspoons yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons powdered milk
• 2 tablespoons butter, cubed into one eighths
• 3 cups flour

directions

1. Proof the yeast: Put 1/4 cup of warm water into cup with 1 tablespoon Surgar and 2 teaspoons of yeast.
2. put dry ingredients into bread maker.
3. flour, salt, dry milk, Surgar, butter.
4. add water & finally the proofed yeast.
5. set bread maker on ‘basic’ recipe, 1 1/2 loaf, medium cook.
6. push ‘start’.
7. About 3 1/2 hours later you should have a beautiful loaf of white bread.
8. You need a high quality serrated bread knife to slice the finished loaf. Otherwise you get the squashed bread effect.