Sweet Amish White Bread
All you need is
2 cups warm water
2/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp active dry yeast
1/1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
6 cups bread flour or all purpose flour
Dissolve the sugar into the warm water.
Once dissolved, add the yeast.
Allow to foam up for about 10 minutes. It will look something like this.
Sorry the picture is skewed. Add the salt...
...and the oil...
...and stir.
Add the flour 1 cup at a time. It will start out really lumpy, but don't worry. As you add more flour, the lumps will work themselves out.
Knead the dough on a floured surface. Place in a well oiled bowl. Turn to coat. I sprayed a little extra PAM on mine.
Cover with damp towel and let rise for about 1 hour, until doubled in size. This is why you shouldn't preheat your oven until later, because there's a lot of rising to be done.
Again, sorry the picture is skewed. Look how much my dough rose!
So now would be a good time to preheat your oven to 350.
Ok, so your dough has risen. Punch it down and knead it a little more. This was the fun part for me. Your hands will get a little oily. Divide in half, shape into loaves, and place into well greased loaf pans.
Again, cover with damp towels and allow to rise until the loaf is 1 inch above the top of the pans.
Cook the bread for 30 minutes until golden, and remove from pans to cool. If you greased your pans really well, they will just tumble right out.
Seriously, this bread is delicious!
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