SWEDISH WHITE BREAD
6 cups flour
4 teaspoons sugar
4 teaspoons salt
3 cakes or 3 envelopes active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water, divided use
1 cup warm milk
6 tablespoons melted lard
Canned evaporated milk (for brushing tops of baked loaves)
Sift flour, sugar and salt into a large bowl; set aside.
Mix yeast with 1/2 cup warm water until dissolved. Add milk and remaining 1 cup warm water. Pour liquid over dry ingredients. Stir. Add lard.
Knead 5 minutes. Place dough in a bowl. Cover and let stand 15 minutes.
Knead dough 10 minutes. Divide in half. Shape each half into a loaf and place in loaf pans. Let stand 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Bake 40 minutes. Transfer pans to racks. Cool 10 minutes.
Turn loaves out onto racks to cool. Brush tops with evaporated milk.
Makes 2 loaves
Source: Iona Sigman, Columbus, to the Columbus Dispatch, October 15, 2008 |