Sweet White Bread

The first run in creating this recipe went extremely well. I have never had that good of luck in the area of bread making, but I think my luck is changing! This recipe is created specifically for white flour. I am still working on a recipe which uses only wheat flour so be looking for that one soon! I made this recipe twice because after the first run I realized that the recipe really needed salt to make it complete. I usually avoid cooking with salt, but I really felt like this recipe needed it so therefore salt is in the list of ingredients.

This recipe makes 4 light, airy, and delicious loaves of bread.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups water

1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter

3/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon of sugar

1 Tablespoon salt

9 cups white flour

1 egg

2 cups of warm water

2 Tablespoons of yeast

Flour for surface

Directions

1. In a microwave safe bowl put water, butter, and 3/4 cup of sugar. Microwave for 2 minutes.

2. In a liquid measuring cup pour the water and yeast and 1 Tablespoon of sugar. Set aside.

3. Stir salt, two cups of flour, and the egg into the microwaved mixture.

4. Add yeast mixture to cooled butter mixture.

5. Mix in 2 cups of flour at a time. Remember you have already added two cups.

6. Divide the dough into two bowls. Set in a warm place (garage in summer works great! Outdoors in fall is good also.) to rise for about 2 hours.

7. Divide into four sections. Try and make them as even as possible.

Flour the surface.

Put the section of dough on the floured surface. Notice I already have the dough shaped
like I want the finished product to be (rectangle).

Roll the dough out.

8. On a floured surface roll out one section of dough at a time into a rectangle shape (don't worry about the shape being perfect).

9. Roll the dough up like you would if you were making cinnamon rolls.

10. Place in a greased bread pan.

11. Repeat steps 8-10 for the remaining three loaves.

12. Set the loaves in a warm dry place and cover them with a cloth or paper towel. Let them rise for 1 hour.

13. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees when the dough has filled the pan.

14. Bake the loaves for 20-25 minutes.

15. Let the loaves cool completely before putting them away. The loaves can be stored in a Ziploc and put in the freezer for future use.

Variations of this Recipe
Cinnamon Apple Swirl Bread
Double Cinnamon Rolls
Italian Buttered Croissant Rolls
Whole Wheat Bread