Recipe can be found here
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup milk
- 5 teaspoons sugar (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 5 teaspoons butter (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
- 1 package active dry yeast, or 2 1/4 teaspoons bulk yeast
- 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups flour, bread flour is best but all-purpose or unbleached flour will work too
- Corn starch or nonstick cooking spray (just to prevent the bread from sticking to the bowl or pan)
Method
Spray loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Preheat a small bowl with hot water. Dump the water out
Add the yeast, then add one cup of warm water to the yeast
Wait until bubbly. This should take about 10 minutes. The yeast will smell yeasty and look foamy when ready-to-use.
Add the yeast to a large mixing bowl.
Melt the butter and add to the milk, sugar and salt to the yeast mixture.
Add 2 cups flour and stir well.
Add remaining flour, 1/4 cup at-a-time, until the dough is slightly sticky. The dough will start to leave the sides of the bowl.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
Knead for 10 minutes by hand. To knead by hand, place the heel of the palm and press the bread dough, turn 1/4 turn, repeat.
Shape dough into a ball.
Spray a clean mixing bowl with nonstick cooking spray.
Add the ball of dough to the mixing bowl. Turn to coat with nonstick cooking spray.
Cover with the tea towel.
Let rise until double, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Remove dough from bowl.
Roll out using a rolling pin.
Shape into a loaf.
Place in loaf pan.
Let rise until almost double, about 1 hour.
Bake at 400º F or 200º C for about 30 minutes.
Turn out bread and let cool.