White Pan Bread

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White Pan Bread

Place dough in oiled bowl and turn to oil all surfaces. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour. Turn risen dough out onto a lightly floured work surface (you may need the help of a scraper). Deflate dough and divide into two equal pieces. To form loaf, make sure the surface is free of excess flour, then stretch dough into rectangle. Fold in short ends of dough until it is approximately the length of the pan, then fold the far long edge over to the middle. Fold over the other long side and compress to form a tight cylinder. Place the loaf in the pan, seam side down. Cover the pan with plastic wrap. Repeat with the second piece of dough. Allow to rise until doubled. When loaves are almost doubled, preheat oven to 400 degrees and set rack at middle level. When loaves are completely risen, place in oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the loaves are golden brown and firm and the internal temperature is about 210 degrees. Unmold loaves to a rack to cool on their sides.