Coolrise Family Style White Bread
11-12 ½ cups all purpose flour
3 pkg active dry yeast
½ cup sugar
2 Tbsp salt
1/3 cup softened butter
4 cups milk
1 cup water
cooking oil
Combine: 4 c. flour, dry yeast, sugar, salt in large bowl. Stir to blend. Add butter.
Heat: milk and water until warm to the touch (not scalding)
Add: warm liquids to ingredients in bowl
Beat: with electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes, scrape bowl as needed.
Add: 2 cups flour, beat on high for 2 minutes or until thick and elastic
Gradually: stir in just enough of the remaining flour with wooden spoon to make a soft dough which leaves sides of bowl. Turn out onto floured board
Knead: 5-10 minutes until dough is smooth and elastic
Cover: with plastic wrap and a towel
Let Rest: 20 minutes on board. Punch down.
Divide: Dough into 3 or 4 equal pieces, shape into loaves.
Place: In 3 greased 9X5Xx3” bread pans or 4 greased 8 ½ X4 ½ X2 ½” bread pans.
Brush: dough lightly with oil, cover pans lightly with plastic wrap
Refrigerate: 2 to 24 hours. When ready to bake remove from refrigerator, uncover.
Let Stand: 10 minutes while preheating oven. Puncture any surface bubbles.
Bake: at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until done.
Remove: from pans immediately and brush with butter.
Yield: 3 or 4 loaves.
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