White Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 ounces active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water
2 2/3 cups warm water
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
9 -10 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 3/4 cup warm water.
Add 2 2/3 cup warm water, 1/4 cup sugar, salt, butter and 5 cups flour. Mix well.
Add enough remaining flour to make dough easy to work with.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
Place dough in an oiled bowl, turning dough to coat in oil.
Let rise, covered with a damp cloth, until doubled. approximately 1 hr.
Punch down dough and divide in half.
Roll each half of the dough into a rectangle, 18 x 19 inches.
Starting at the short end, roll the dough up into a log and pressing down on the ends to seal them, Fold ends under loaf and place roll of dough in bread pan, seam side down.
:et dough rise until double.
Heat oven to 425 F.
Place loaves in oven so that the top of the pan is in the center of the oven.
Bake 30 - 35 minute Loaves should be golden brown and sound hollow when tapped.