Basic White Bread.
You can cook Basic White Bread using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Basic White Bread
- Prepare 1/2 cup of low-fat milk.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of sugar.
- It’s 2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of butter.
- You need 2 tbsp of active dry yeast.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of warm water.
- Prepare 5 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
Basic White Bread step by step
- Place milk, sugar, salt, and butter into a small sauce pan. Heat over low heat until butter melts and sugar disolves. Cool to lukewarm..
- Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl. Add lukewarm milk mixture and 4 1/2 cups of flour. Attatch bowl and PowerKnead Spiral Dough hook to mixer..
- Turn on speed 2 and mix for about 1 minute. Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour 1/2 a cup at a time, and mix about 1 and 1/2 minutes or until dough starts to clean sides of the bowl. Knead on Speed 2 for 2 minutes longer, or until dough is smooth and elastic. Dough will be slightly sticky to the touch..
- Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft for 1 hor, or until dough is doubled in bulk..
- Punch dough down and divide in half (if disired). Shape each half into a loaf, and place in greased baking pans (if disired). Cover. Let rise in warm place free from draft, for 1 hour, or wuntil doubled in bulk..
- Bake at 400°F for 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pans immediatly and cool on wired racks..