granny's white bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 3 cups warm water (110 degrees f/45 degrees c)
• 1 cup dry potato flakes
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 10 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• heat milk in a large saucepan over low heat until it ; stir in butter or margarine, sugar and salt, then cool until lukewarm. add warm water and potatoes and sprinkle in yeast until it dissolves. then stir in 6 cups of the flour and mix all together. add the remaining 4 to 5 cups of flour and mix. let rest 15 minutes.
• turn dough out on a floured surface and knead softly until dough is elastic and smooth. lightly oil a large mixing bowl; add dough and turn to coat. cover with a damp cloth and let rise 1 hour or until dough has doubled in volume.
• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• punch down dough and divide into 3 to 4 sections. shape into loaves and let rise, covered, until volume is nearly doubled.
• bake at 400 degrees f (200 degrees c) for 30 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.