Dad's white bread

Ingredients

1½2 cups lukewarm water

2 packages yeast

7½2 cups all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons sugar

1 cup milk

4 cup butter

1 tablespoon salt

1 recipe Anglais Glaze (see Index)

Directions 

1. Place water in large warm bowl and sprinkle yeast over water; stir until dissolved. Cover; let stand 15 minutes.

2. Combine 1½ cups flour and 2 tablespoons sugar. Beat mixture carefully into yeast mixture with wooden spoon until free from lumps. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place 30 minutes.

3. Scald milk; stir in salt and remaining sugar. Add butter: stir until dissolved. Cool to luke- warm. Add to yeast mixture. Add enough remain-ing flour to make soft dough.

4. Turn onto lightly floured board. Knead 10 min- utes or until smooth and elastic; add flour if needed. Place in greased bowl; turn dough to grease top. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place 1 hour or until double in bulk.

5. Turn dough onto lightly floured board; divide in half upe into loaves. Place in 2 well-greased 9 xch loaf pans or 3 smaller shaped molds. Cover; let rise 1 hour or until double in bulk.

6. Bake at 400°F 10 minutes. Brush tops with Anglais Glaze, using pastry brush. Bake 15 min- utes. Turn loaves onto wire racks to cool. 

Yield 2 (9 x 5-inch) loaves.