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Basic White Bread

Directions & Advice:

• Add moist ingredients first, and dry ingredients last.
• Make a well in the flour to hold the yeast, and always keep the yeast away from the salt and water before the mixing process begins.
• When the bread is finished, let it cool completely on a wire rack. Then store it in an airtight container.
• Do not refrigerate bread. It tastes best when stored at room temperature or in the freezer.
• Specially formulated bread machine flour such as King Arthur for Bread Machines or Gold Medal Better for Bread works best.
• Specially formulated yeast such as Fleischmann's Bread Machine Yeast works well.
• Bake settings for this bread recipe: White, Light, and Rapid or Regular Rise. Yields a 1 lb. loaf.

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup water
• 2 teaspoons margarine
• 2 cups unbleached bread flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons unbleached, granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons yeast