Crusty White Bread

Name: Crusty White Bread
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps active dry yeast; 1 liters bread flour; 2 Tbsps margarine, softened; 237 milliliters milk; 1 Tbsp salt; 473 milliliters water; 1 Tbsp white sugar

Crusty White Bread requires around 2 hours and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 196 calories. If you have milk, salt, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water.

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

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Mixing Bowl

Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the milk, the butter or margarine, 4 cups of the flour and the salt; stir until well combined.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Milk

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Lightly oil a large mixing bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place to rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Cooking Oil

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Mixing Bowl

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and form into loaves.

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Dough

Place the loaves into two lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pans. Cover the loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes.

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Loaf Pan

Mist loaves with water and bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until the loaves are golden brown and the bottom of a loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

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Water

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Oven