BASIC WHITE BREAD

Ingredients:
Luke warm water - 1 1/2 cups
Yeast - 2 packages
All purpose flour - 7 1/2 cups
Sugar - 3 tbsp
Milk - 1 cup
Salt - 1 tbsp
butter - 1/4 cup
Anglias glaze

Method:

• Place water in large warm bowl or crock. Sprinkle yeast over water; stir until dissolved. Cover; let stand 15 minutes.
•  Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and 2 tbsp of sugar. 
• Beat mixture carefully into yeast mixture with wooden spoon until free from lumps. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place 30 minutes.
• Scald milk; stir in salt and remaining sugar. Add butter; stir until dissolved. Cool to lukewarm. Add to yeast mixture. 
• Add enough remaining flour to make soft dough.
• Turn onto lightly floured board. Knead 10 minutes 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 one hour or until double in bulk.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured board; divide in half. Shape into loaves.
• Place in 2 well greased 9*5 " loaf pans or 3 smaller shaped molds.
• Cover; let rise one hour or until double in bulk.
• Bake at 400 F for 10 minutes. Brush tops with Anglais Glaze, using pastry brush.
• Bake 15 minutes. Turn loaves onto wire racks to cool.