Plain Wonderful White Bread

There is a satisfaction derived from the act of baking bread that I get from no other kitchen activity. Not for me a bread machine that would rob me of the pleasure of feeling the dough come to life under my hands. Just knowing that the bread dough is rising in a cool spot in the back room fills me with unspeakable contentment. Often, when I know I will be forced to sit all day proofing a manuscript, I reward myself by making bread so that I will have an excuse to get up every hour to ch