This is essentially the recipe my mom always made when I was small, and the one I've gone back to after trying a half dozen others. Nothing else comes close! The slight tweaks I've made are as follows: I always proof the yeast first in the warm water by adding a generous pinch of sugar and letting it sit for 10 minutes. Seems to get a better result - maybe it wakes the yeast up? Secondly, instead of shortening I use melted and cooled butter. Finally, I mix in five cups of flour to the dough, then mix the final cup in during the kneading process (the dough will start out fairly sticky). Great recipe!

I must say...one of the best recipes for white bread I have come across, and YUM! Really good!

I have tried several recipes that were not so great... but this one was amazing! It tasted amazing and looked amazing. I also followed the advise to bake it at a lower temperature and leave the bread in during preheating.... Great Recipe!!!

Simply amazing! I cooked the loafs for 35 minutes at 375 degrees. The recipe doesn't need to be changed at all, perfect the way it is!

I loved this recipe and it gave me great confidence in my baking cause it turns out perfect each time. 4 stars!

I am 54 years old, have made my own bread for over 30 years; very few times could I eat my breads like the store bought bread, either too dry, or too chewy, or too crumbly. I made this recipe and used a preheated 375 degree oven, I pulled it out when the internal temperature was 210 degrees, let it cool overnight, thin sliced it and made toast for breakfast. Like the name says, it was perfect. All other white bread recipes are now in the trash! Thank you.

I've made other types of breads before (like sweet breads/rolls and pizza crusts), but this is my first attempt at an everyday loaf of plain bread... and I've gotta say, this is fantastic! I used just shy of the entire 6 cups of flour, and it came out perfectly. Like another reviewer, though, after the second 1 hour raise, during which I left the rising dough in the oven (off, of course), I turned the oven on, just leaving it in there, to 375F. I baked for approximately 28 minutes, and it was perfectly cooked. I'll be making this a LOT more! Thanks so much!

This is by far the best bread I have ever made. So simple, but so good! Caution on the milk, bring to a boil only to the point where there are "bubbles" around the edge of the pot, otherwise you destroy the enzymes. Thank you so much for such a good bread recipe, I am sure my waist will love it as much as I do!

Awsome right out of the oven and with butter. Makes great blts

I've made this twice now. Turns out great! Thanks for the recipe. I do exactly as posted.

Very good, nice light loaves. This was one of the best recipes I've made. I've been baking bread 10 + years now and this is almost the perfect white bread. It is wonderful. My kids and hubby love it so much I'm lucky if I get any. I followed the recipe exactly and only changed the oven temp to 375 and cooked about 5-10 minutes longer. Perfect.

This bread is delicious. Tastes a lot like french bread. I halve the ingredients and use it in my bread maker. I even made it using the timer. To do this, I used dehydrated milk and put the ingredients in order so the dehydrated milk wouldn't touch the water until the mixing began. (Same thing with yeast).

I found this recipe to be bland and disappointing. It is light and the crust is beautiful but it just has no great flavor to me.

This wasn't the best bread I've ever made. I couldn't find my regular recipe and decided to try this one. It was disappointing actually. I thought the crust was really tough.