Its been a long time since I've made a regular loaf of bread, not to mention white bread. This is my grandma's recipe. She has made bread all her life. She is 89 and still making bread-but now with a mixer!
For 2 loaves:
1 T. yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water
2 T. butter
2 tsp salt
2 cups water
2 T. honey
6 cups white flour
Add water, honey, salt, yeast mixture, butter, and 2 cups flour. Beat until well mixed. Add rest of flour and knead for 10 minutes. Rise until doubled. Rise in pans. Bake 325 for 30 minutes.
Notes to self:
I kept the dough a little more sticky by using 5 1/2 cups flour, not 6. Didn't knead for 10 minutes, only about 4 minutes. Also, baked it in a steam oven, just to experiment. Didn't seem to make a significant difference!