Basic White Bread

  Low on bread, I made three loaves the other day. The recipe was in mom's Mennonite Community  Cookbook (1950). I won't post the recipe here because the book is still available. Look on page 3.

 Mom made notes on the recipe and I wish I had read  them before starting. She mentioned making half a recipe. Good idea since the recipe "makes 3 large or 4 medium loaves". That's way too much dough to work with, plus I only have three standard bread pans.

 But once I started I kept going and the result was delicious bread, although a bit too much (Tom doesn't eat it). The loaves are a bit crusty and  even tough, but that's what I like. Something I  can sink my teeth into!

A finished loaf

 Wow! Did that dough ever rise well! My largest mixing bowl almost failed to contain it.

 Here's my three loaves. I made two in my metal bread pans and used a Corning glass pan for the third.

 Look how the largest loaf spilled over the pan during baking. I probably didn't  do a great job of dividing the dough but the result was wonderful.

 Here's a side view of the largest loaf. I've been having it for breakfast each morning this week. It's great with blueberry preserves.

 I couldn't live without bread, especially homemade. If I ever become gluten intolerant, just shoot me. My life will be over anyway.