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Perfect White Bread




Source of Recipe


by Millie, from BH&G New Cookbook


List of Ingredients




5¾ ~ 6¼ C all-purpose flour
1 pkg active dry yeast
2¼ C milk
2 T sugar
1 T shortening
2 tsp salt

Recipe



In lrg mix bowl combine 2 ½ C flour & yeast {I generally sift these together into bowl, but that’s just me}.

In saucepan heat milk, sugar, shortening, n’ salt just til warm {115~120°} stirrin constant til shortening ALMOST melts. Add to dry mix in mix bowl. Beat at low speed of mixer for ½ min {sometimes I go 1 min ~ depends on my mood! Ha!} scrapin sides of bowl constantly. Beat 3 min’s on high. BY HAND, stir in enough of the remaining flour to made a moderately stiff dough {the way I “gauge” is I add 1 C, stir in, then “dust” the dough with flour n’ stir til it gets hard to stir anymore w/wooden spoon ~ usually bout 2 C total. Then I start w/the mitts….dust turn til it forms a slightly sticky dough but pulls away from the sides forming a “kinda” ball} Turn out onto a lightly floured surface {I flour a lrg tea towel for this…parchment works too….but call me old fashioned, I like my floured tea towels, so have returned to usin them! LOL!!} n’ knead til smooth n’ elastic ~ bout 8~10 min’s. Shape into a ball.

Place ball in lightly greased bowl, turn once to grease surface. Cover n’ let rise in warm place til double bout 1 ¼ hrs {this time is gonna vary dependin on room temp ~ just keep an eyeball on it} Punch dough down n’ turn out on lightly floured surface. Divide in ½.

Shape ea ½ into a smooth ball, cover n’ let rest 10 min’s. Shape into loaves. Place in two greased loaf pans {when we moved only one of my loaf pans seemed to make it to the house so I’ve once again gone back to my old ways….shape into loaves on place on greased, or parchment lined bake sheet} Cover n’ let rise til double…bout 45~60 min’s. Bake in mod oven bout 375° {my oven I bake at 350°} bout 45 min’s or til done…when bottoms are thumped it will sound hallow} If tops brown too quickly, cover loosely w/foil last 15 min’s. Remove from pans; cool on wire racks.

Makes 2 loaves