Favorite Bread 🍞

INGREDIENTS:

2 cup warm water

1/4 cup sugar

4 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast 2 packets

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/4 cup vegetable oil

5 1/2 cup flour bread flour or all purpose flour

butter for brushing on finished loaves!

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until it looks like a creamy foam on top of the water (about 5 minutes).

Mix oil into the yeast mixture. Mix salt and flour (1 cup at a time) in with the wet ingredients. Stir until a soft dough forms. Scrape sides of the bowl then dump dough onto a lightly floured surface.

Knead dough until smooth and elastic.

Place in an oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp towel.

Raise for 1 hour.

Punch dough down. Divide dough in half.

Shape into loaves, and place into two greased 9-inch loaf pans. You can either pat dough into a loaf shape or roll the dough into rectangle and tightly roll up into a loaf shape and pinch the ends to seal seams.

Allow to rise for 30-40 minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Brush with melted butter (or run a stick of butter across the top of each loaf) while in pans.

Cool 5 minutes and then remove bread from bread pans and cool on a rack.

Wrap in plastic wrap or store in a plastic bag.

Makes 2 loaves.