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Basic White Bread
5-6
cup low-fat milk
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons butter
or margarine
2 packages active dry
yeast
cups warm water
(105°F to 115°F)
cups all-purpose
flour
Place milk, sugar, salt, and butter in small
saucepan. Heat over low heat until butter melts
and sugar dissolves. Cool to lukewarm.
Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer
bowl. Add lukewarm milk mixture and 4Z cups
flour. Attach bowl and PowerKnead TM Spiral
Dough Hook to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix
about 1 minute.
Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour,
½ cup at a time, and mix about 1Z minutes, or
until dough starts to clean sides of bowl. Knead
on Speed 2 about 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, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Punch dough down and divide in half. Shape
each half into a loaf, as directed in the "Bread
Making Tips" section, and place in greased
8Zx 4Zx 2Z" baking pans. Cover. Let rise in
warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or
until doubled in bulk.
Bake at 400°F for 30 minutes, or until golden
brown. Remove from pans immediately and cool
on wire racks.
Yield: 32 servings (16 slices per loaf).
Per serving: About 95 cal, 3 g protein, 18 g carb,
1 g fat, 0 mg chol, 148 mg sodium.
VARIATION
Extra Bread for the Freezer
Increase ingredient quantities by 50 percent and
prepare in 6 qt mixer bowl. In second paragraph,
change 4Z cups flour to 7 cups. Divide dough
into 3 pieces.
Yield: 48 servings (16 slices per loaf).
Variations continued on next page.
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