Top-choice Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 5 1/2-6 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 packages fleischmann quick-rising yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

Recipe

• 1 directions in large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt.
• 2 heat water, milk, and butter until very warm (120 to 130of); stir into dry ingredients.
• 3 beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 4 stir in 1 cup flour; beat at high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 5 stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough.
• 6 knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• 7 cover; let rest 10 minutes.
• 8 divide dough in half.
• 9 roll each half to 12 x 7-inch rectangle.
• 10 beginning at short end of each rectangle, roll up tightly as for jelly roll.
• 11 pinch seams and ends to seal.
• 12 place, seam sides down, in greased 8 ½ x 4 ½-inch loaf pans.
• 13 cover; let rise in warm, draft free place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• 14 bake at 400of for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
• 15 remove from pans; cool on wire rack.
• 16 to make whole wheat bread: substitute 2 cups whole wheat flour for part of all-purpose flour.