Basic Bread

I get tired of buying bread.

My daughter is still in high school, well, at least for a few more months. She has always taken a packed lunch. Usually this consists of a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich.

I asked once if she wanted something different, but she really enjoys the sandwich, so that is what I pack.

I do make bread every week. But she hardly ever wants me to use the bread to make her sandwiches. She enjoys super soft bread with soft crusts. She told me once that whenever I make bread the crusts are too hard. But I do keep trying to find a recipe that will work.

This recipe is a very basic white bread. Nothing fancy about it.

The rise was wonderful - the loaves more than doubled in the second rise.

So I got a little creative with the baking. I only baked my loaves for 25 minutes. And the crusts were soft!

I think I finally found a bread that she would accept for her sandwiches. I used one of the loaves for her lunch the whole week. And she didn’t complain once!

The bread stayed quite soft for the whole week. I kept it in my bread box, so it had little air exposure.

I might have to make this bread weekly from now on. . .

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WHITE BREAD

1/2 Cup Milk

3 Tablespoons Sugar

2 Teaspoons Salt

3 Tablespoons Butter

1 1/2 Cups Warm Water

1 Package Yeast

6 1/4 Cups Sifted Flour

Scald milk. Stir in sugar, salt and butter. Cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast over warm water and stir until dissolved. Add milk mixture and 3 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add enough additional flour to make a soft dough. Turn onto floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic. Form into a ball and place in a greased bowl, turning to coat. Cover and allow to rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down and rest 15 minutes. Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place each loaf into a greased loaf pan. Cover and let rise 1 hour. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes.