White bread (untested)

This recipe is written in ballpoint pen in my mom's handwriting (my Grammy's daughter, Sue). I remember this recipe growing up. I loved the smell of the hot bread as it came out of the oven. My mom would let me have a hot slice with butter on it and the flavor was heavenly.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup margarine or oil [I'd use butter]
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 package yeast
• 6 cups flour

Instructions:

• Scald milk
• Stir in sugar, salt, and margarine/oil/butter [I'd use butter]
• Cool milk mixture to lukewarm
• Measure warm water into a separate bowl
• Sprinkle in the yeast
• Stir until yeast is dissolved
• Stir yeast mixture into milk mixture
• Add 3 cups of the flour
• Beat until smooth
• Stir in additional 3 cups of flour
• Turn out onto floured board
• Knead until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes)
• Place in greased bowl
• Brush with fat and cover
• Let rise in warm place until doubled (about 1 hour)
• Punch down
• Turn out on board
• Divide in half
• Let rise for 15-20 minutes
• Shape into loaves in greased 9-inch by 5-inch by 3-inch pans (or shape into rolls)
• Cover and let rise until center of the dough is 1 inch above the edge of the pan (about 1 hour)
• Bake at 357°F for 30 minutes (25 minutes for rolls)
• Brush with melted butter