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I myself do not like the bread from the machines. I use my Kichen Aid to knead make mine. I LOVE the way it turns out.

Here is how I do it.

4 tsp yeast (at room temp) = 2pks
2 tsp salt
1/3 c oil
1/3 c sugar or honey
2 eggs
2c warm water

6 1/2 c flour

With Kitchen Aid:
Mix on #2 the first 6 ingredients together with 3 cups of flour using the paddle for 10 min.

Add the remaining flour and mix with the dough hook for 10 more minutes on #2. You should not go higher than #2 on your Kitchen Aid with bread dough.

Set aside in a warm place with a damp towel covering it. Let it rise until it doubles in size. About 20-30min.

Oil hands and surface. Separate the dough into two equal parts. Shape one half into a loaf and "spank" it to get out the air bubbles. Repeat with the other half. Put in pans and let it rise again in the fridge. About one hour. This dough can remain in the fridge for up to 24hours.

Bake at 375 for 30-35min.

** I went back and checked my book. (By the way I took this from an old LLL cook book called Mother's in The Kitchen )
Anywhoo, It is also optional to add 1C Wheat Germ and if you want you can do half white flour half wheat flour and replace the honey/sugar with molasses to make wheat bread. They also had a high protein version where you replaced one cup of the white flour with soy flour, add 6T powdered milk, and 2T wheat germ. You would add all of that to the first mixing.