Watkins Easy and Delicious White Bread

4 cups flour
2 Tbsp. yeast
1/4 cup oil
3 cups hot tap water ( as hot as the tap will get; it should be too hot for you to keep your finger under)
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. salt

1.  In a large bowl, mix flour, yeast, sugar, and salt together with spoon.
2.  Add the hot water and oil to the dry ingredients.  Mix until thoroughly blended.
3.  Add more flour (handfuls at a time) just until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.  It will still be quite sticky, so flour up your hands.
4.  Turn the dough out onto a floured surface.  Knead the dough, adding flour (this time by handfuls) until the dough no longer sticks to your hands.  The key is kneading the dough as little as possible, to keep it from becoming too tough.
5.  Add about 1 tsp. of oil (or use cooking spray) to a clean bowl, and make sure it spreads over the bottom of the bowl.  Tuck the dough into a ball and set in the bowl.  Allow dough to rise to double in size.
6.  Cut in half and form each half into loaves.  Set in greased pans and let rise until loaves reach the tops of the pans.
7.  Bake in 375-400 degree oven for 1/2 hour
8.  While cooling, grease tops of bread with butter.

Makes 2 loaves

Variation:  If you prefer wheat bread, you can use wheat flour, or you can do half wheat and half white flour.

Recipe from Karen Watkins