Kathy's homemade white bread

5 1/2 to 7 cups of flour
2 packets of Dry Yeast (any brand)
Mix together
heat on low heat:
2 cups milk (I use skim)
1/2 cup butter (may use shortening or lard)
2 to 3 tablespoons sugar ( 6 to 9 teaspoons)
2 to 3 teaspoons of salt
to about 85 degrees just warm and pour into flour/yeast mixture and mix while adding a little flour at a time until you can pour it onto a floured board and work in the amount of flour needed until it is not sticking to fingers. Put in buttered bowl and let raise to double size. then cut into 2 loaves let raise in pan

If milk is too hot it will kill yeast let it cool before adding to flour mixture (if not hot enough it won't activate yeast

preheat oven to 350 degrees

bake 50 to 70 minutes until golden brown

Serving Size: 36 thin slices (18 in each loaf)

Number of Servings: 36

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KWHITMARSH.