Easy And Yummy White Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 cups bread, four
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons melted butter

Recipe

• 1 warm the milk but make sure not to make it too hot .
• 2 sieve the flour and the salt into a bowl then add the sugar . mix it well .
• 3 mix the yeast with with a little bit of sugar in the warm milk .
• 4 add the olive oil into the mixture.
• 5 then pour the yeast mixture into the bowl .
• 6 using a fork continue to mix the flour with the liquid .
• 7 form a ball then transfer the dough on a lightly floured surface .
• 8 knead for about 10 minutes . at this stage the dough should still be sticky but don't worry , just wet your palm with some olive oil and continue the kneading process until you form a soft a smooth dough .
• 9 put the dough into a lightly oiled bowl . cover with a damp cloth leave to rise in a draft free place forabout 1 1/5 - 2 hours or until the dough is double in size .
• 10 punch down the down . on a lightly floured surface gently roll up the dough and a rectangular shape with 3/4 cm thickness.
• 11 roll down , shape into loaf and transfer it into a well greased 1 pound tin loaf .
• 12 cover with cloth and let it rise for 45 minutes or until the dough has risen about an inch above the tin.
• 13 bake in preheated oven at 175 c fan force for 30 minutes.
• 14 take it out from the oven , brush the top with the melted butter .
• 15 bake for further 10 minutes.
• 16 transfer the loaf on the cooling rack . wait until it's completely cool before slicing it .