Recipe: Pyrex Bake-A-Round Basic White Bread

PYREX BAKE-A-ROUND BASIC WHITE BREAD
Makes 1 Loaf

1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup warm water
1 package active dry yeast
3 cups flour

Warm milk; stir in sugar, salt and shortening until melted. Cool to lukewarm.

Pour 1/2 cup warm water into large bowl; add yeast and stir until dissolved. Stir in lukewarm milk mixture. Add 1 1/2 cups flour and beat vigorously until smooth. Stir in most of remaining flour.

Turn out onto a lightly floured board. Knead until dough is non-sticky, smooth and elastic - about 8 to 10 minutes. Add more flour while kneading if necessary. Put dough in greased bowl and grease top lightly. Cover bowl and set in warm place to rise until almost doubled in bulk (about 30 minutes).

Punch dough down and squeeze out air bubbles. Pat or roll into a rectangle about 6 by 10-inches. Starting with narrow end, roll tightly, jelly-roll fashion; seal dough about every half turn. Seal the ends very well.

Center dough in greased tube and butter ends of loaf. Cover ends of tube; place in rack. Let dough rise in a warm, draft-free place until almost doubled (about 45 minutes).

Bake at 375 degrees F for 50 minutes. Slide bread from tube onto rack to cool.

Source: Pyrex Bake-A-Round instruction sheet