Awesome Amish White Bread

This bread is AMAZING. Just try it!

Gather:
2 cups warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup canola oil
6 cups all-purpose flour
A large bowl
2 9 by 5 inch loaf pans

How To:
In your large bowl, disolve sugar in warm milk and stir in yeast. Allow to proof until it looks like a creamy foam. This takes around 10 minutes for me.

Next, stir in oil and salt then begin adding your flour one cup at a time. You may not need to the entire 6 cups, I generally end up with about 1/2 to 3/4 of cup left. Once the dough in moist rather than runny turn out onto a floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Your dough shouldn't stick to your hands. Place in a well oiled bowl and cover with a damp (not wet) cloth and allow to rise until it has doubled in size, about an hour.

Turn the dough back out onto your floured surface and punch down and knead a few times. Divide your dough in half and shape it in your loaf pans. Recover with your cloth and allow to rise once more until the dough is about an inch over the rim of your pans, about 30 minutes.

If you like, melt a little butter and brush over the tops of your loaves. Bake at 350 degrees F/175 C for 30 minutes or until golden on top.

*This bread is so yummy and this recipe given is so good as sandwich bread or dinner rolls. You can also increase the sugar to 2/3 cup for a sweeter bread that is delicious as a breakfast bread. You can add raisins and brown sugar for really yummy raisin bread.