Bread Recipe

4 c. milk—scalded
1 c. sugar
1 cube butter or margarine
2 t. salt
2 T. yeast
2 eggs
½ c. warm water
10 ½ - 11 c. flour (just white or do ½ white/ ½ wheat combination)

In a medium saucepan, scald milk with cube of butter over medium heat (bubbles form around edges of pan). Pour into mixing bowl, let cool slightly. While milk is scalding, put yeast and warm water into bowl and loosely cover, let rise approximately 5-10 minutes. In mixing bowl (with milk/butter mixture) add sugar, salt, eggs, yeast mixture and 2-3 cups flour. Mix (with dough hooks) until combined, then add rest of flour 1-2 cups at a time. If using wheat flour, I also usually add 2 T. of dough enhancer at the time I’m adding the flour. When dough begins pulling away from the edges of bowl, let machine knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Transfer dough to large bowl with 1-2 T olive oil in bottom. Cover, let rise 1- 1-½ hours. Form into loaves/rolls and let rise again (sometimes I help speed things along by letting them raise in the oven-- put bowl of steaming water into warm oven, turn oven off, put loaves of bread in and close door). After rising, let cook about 20 minutes in 350 degree oven. Spray tops of bread with “Pam” let cool slightly before taking loaves out of pan. When cooled, take out and try not to let family eat all at once. Enjoy!