Best-Ever White Bread

Name: Best-Ever White Bread
Ingredients: ¼ c. warm water (110 to 115°); 6 to 6½ c. sifted flour; 2 c. milk 2 tblsp. sugar; 2 c. milk 2 tblsp. sugar; 2 tsp. salt; 1 tblsp. lard or shortening; 1 tblsp. lard or shortening; 1 pkg. active dry yeast

Preparation info

Makes
2
loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

This is a 2-loaf recipe—dough is easy to handle, loaves are plump

Ingredients

2 c. milk 2 tblsp. sugar
2 tsp.

Bread

Method

Scald milk. Stir in sugar, salt and lard. Cool to lukewarm.
Sprinkle yeast on warm water; stir to dissolve. Add yeast and 3 c. flour to milk mixture. Beat with spoon until batter is smooth and sheets off spoon. Or beat with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
Add enough remaining flour, a little at a