Homemade White Bread

My husband has been hinting, well it was more like coming right out and saying he misses having my homemade bread. When our daughter got married over a year ago, it was one of those things I didn't have time for and just never got back into making it.
I have always made wheat bread, which is my favorite, but decided I would also like to have a basic, easy to make, white bread recipe.
I found this one in my favorite Amish cookbook, Cooking with Love. It seemed easy enough. You don't even have to proof the yeast. I added potato flakes to the recipe because I thought it might produce a softer bread.

Homemade White Bread

1/2 cup white sugar 2 Tbsp. bread flour 2 tsp. salt 3/4 cup boiling water 1/2 cup potato flakes opt. 1/2 cup vegetable/canola oil 1 3/4 cup warm water 1 1/2 Tbsp. yeast 6-7 cups bread flour Instructions: Mix the first four ingredients; then add the next four ingredients in the order given. Add flour one cup at a time until dough pulls away from bowl. Remove from bowl and knead on a floured surface a few minutes. Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Punch down and rise again for about 45 minutes. Form into 3 loaves and rise until doubled. Bake at 350 for 22-25 minutes. printablerecipe   Pan toast is the best! If you have never had toast, made in a pan, you have to try it. Just butter both sides of your bread and toast both sides in a pan.  Mmmm....it's so good.  We ate this a lot growing up. Linking to; Country Cook; Foodie Friday