Sweet Bread Loaves

This bread reminds me of the kind you are served with dinner in a restaurant. It is a bit sweet. If you like, you may add less sugar (1/3 of a cup). Sugar is needed to feed the yeast especially since salt will kill some of the yeast.


2 cups hot water (110-115F)
1/2 c. Sugar
2 packages yeast
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
6 1/2 cups flour, added slowly

Mix warm water, yeast and sugar. Let stand for 10 minutes. Add butter, salt. Slowly add the flour. Knead the dough until it forms a ball. Grease bowl and cover with a damp towel or plastic wrap. Let rise 1 hour or until doubles in size. Punch down the dough and divide the dough in half. Roll out the dough into a rectangle. Roll up the bread like a jelly roll cake. Grease 2 bread pans or save one dough in the refrigerator. Put the dough in the greased pan. Cover with damp towel or plastic wrap and let rise for 50 minutes. Dough will continue rising in the oven. Preheat oven to 350. Bake 25-30 min. Brush with butter.