Homemade Milk Bread

Ingredients

• 4 cups of all purpose flour

• 1/1/4 cup full cream milk

• 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

• 1 tsp salt

• 3 tsp sugar

• butter for basting bread after baking

Directions

1. Put milk in a microwave for 1 minute to bring it up to temperature. Milk should be warm to the touch, not hot.

2. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl

3. Gradually add milk to dry ingredients while combining with a wooden spoon, spatula or your hand

4. Bring mixture together until a dough is formed

5. Turn dough out onto a floured surface then knead for 8 minutes

6. Place dough into a greased bowl and cover. Allow it to prove for 45 minutes or until doubled in size

7. Punch the air out of the dough then place on a floured surface

8. Use a rolling pin to roll dough out into a half inch thick rectangle

9. Use your hands to roll the dough onto itself making sure to tuck the seam in tightly with each roll

10. Place dough into a greased bread pan then cover

11. Allow dough to prove for 20 minutes

12. Place bread pan into a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

13. Once the bread is out of the oven, baste with butter

14. Place bread on a cooling rack and allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting

15. Serve & Enjoy