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Yeast: Beginner's White Bread

Source of Recipe

Fleischmann's Yeast


List of Ingredients

3 Tbsp. sugar
2 envelopes FLEISCHMANN'S RapidRise Yeast
5½ to 6 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. salt
1½ cups water
½ cup milk
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine



Recipe

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt. Heat water, milk, and butter until very warm (120°F to 130°F); stir into dry ingredients. Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in 1 cup flour; beat at high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Cover; let rest for 10 minutes.

Divide dough in half. Roll each half to a 12- x 7-inch rectangle. Beginning at short end of each rectangle, roll up tightly as for a jelly roll. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place, seam sides down, in greased 8½- x 4½-inch loaf pans. Cover; let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.

Bake at 400°F for 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Remove from pans; cool on a wire rack.

YIELD: 2 Loaves