Homemade White Bread

Auntie's White Bread

4 cups lukewarm water

1/2 cup sugar

3 TBSP yeast

4 3/4 cups flour

2 TBSP salt

1 TBSP butter

5-5 1/2 cups flour

Mix the water and sugar together and then sprinkle on the yeast. Let it sit for about 5 minutes. Add the first 4 3/4 cups of flour and the salt and mix thoroughly. Add in the butter and slowly add the flour until it no longer sticks to the bowl. Knead for a couple of minutes and then leave to raise for 45 minutes. Punch down and then let raise again til double in size about 1 hour.

Punch down again and then divide the dough into 4 bread pans and let raise for 45 minutes or until double in size. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.