Homemade Classic White Bread

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour;

1/2 tbsp salt;

1/2 cup sugar;

2.5 tsp active dry yeast;

2 tbsp milk;

2 tbsp oil;

1 cup warm water.

Preparation:

Take a large bowl add sugar,salt,oil and yeast and mix nicely.Then add warm water and let it sit for 10 min. After 10 min add milk and the all purpose flour 1 cup at a time and knead for approximately 5 min or until the dough becomes smooth.Keep the dough aside.

Coat the bowl with 1 tbsp oil,then place this dough in it and roll it. Cover this bowl with a damp cloth or a cling wrap and let it sit for 1 hr.

The dough size will double after 1 hr, knead it again nicely and shape it to a bread loaf and put it is a well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pan and let it sit for another 45 min. It will rise to the edge of the pan.

Preheat the oven 15 min before baking at 350 F and bake the loaf for 35 min.