Best Basic White Bread Recipe
Would you like to try a fabulous Basic White Bread recipe? There is not a single month when I don't serve this yummy Snack! This is an ideal dish to include in today's menu.
Ingredients
2 packages yeast, active dry or compressed
1/2 cup warm (not hot) water
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups cold water or potato water
9 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons salt
Cheese and Bacon Bread
1 pound (4 cups) grated sharp
Cheddar cheese
6 slices crumbled crisp bacon
Raisin or Nut Bread
1/2 cup melted abutter
6 tablespoons sugar
1 cup raisins or nut meats
Directions
Sprinkle or crumble yeast into warm water and stir until dissolved.
Drop butter into the milk and heat: until scalding.
In a large bowl, combine scalded milk and 1 1/2 cups cold water; stir in yeast.
Sift flour and measure.
Sift 3 cups of the flour with the sugar and salt into the milk and yeast mixture; beat until smooth.
Add ingredients needed for any one of the variations described below, then add the remaining 6 cups flour, and mix well.
Turn out dough on a lightly floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place dough in a large greased bowl, cover, and set in a warm place to rise.
When nearly doubled in bulk, punch down and turn out on a lightly floured board.
Knead lightly for 1 minute.
Divide dough in 3 parts and form 3 loaves.
Place in greased 9 by 5-inch pans, and allow to rise until nearly doubled in bulk.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375°) for 1 hour.
Remove loaves from pans and butter the crusts; cool on a wire rack.
Drop butter into the milk and heat: until scalding.
In a large bowl, combine scalded milk and 1 1/2 cups cold water; stir in yeast.
Sift flour and measure.
Sift 3 cups of the flour with the sugar and salt into the milk and yeast mixture; beat until smooth.
Add ingredients needed for any one of the variations described below, then add the remaining 6 cups flour, and mix well.
Turn out dough on a lightly floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place dough in a large greased bowl, cover, and set in a warm place to rise.
When nearly doubled in bulk, punch down and turn out on a lightly floured board.
Knead lightly for 1 minute.
Divide dough in 3 parts and form 3 loaves.
Place in greased 9 by 5-inch pans, and allow to rise until nearly doubled in bulk.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375°) for 1 hour.
Remove loaves from pans and butter the crusts; cool on a wire rack.
