WHITE BREAD

4 cups flour (500 g)

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp. instant yeast

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup water

4 T. butter, melted

Whisk together the flour, salt and yeast.

Add milk, water and butter.

Stir until you have a shaggy dough ball.

Cover and let the dough rest for 30 mins. *

Put a little olive oil on your hands and stretch and fold the dough until you have a cohesive ball.

Place in bowl, drizzle with olive oil, cover the bowl and let the dough rise until it doubles in volume. *

Lightly oil the bread pan.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface.

Stretch dough into a rectangle the length of the bread pan. Roll it up and place in pan. Lightly oil the top.

Let the dough rise again until it crowns the rim of the load pan. *

Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

Turn the loaf out onto a cooling rack and let cool before slicing.

• NOTE: To help in the rising, I heat a mug of water in the microwave and then place the dough in the microwave to rise.