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Combine milk, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan; heat to lukewarm - about 120 deg.
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Put 4 cups of the flour in a large bowl and stir in the yeast.
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Pour warm milk mixture over the flour mixture; beat with electric mixer till yeast is dissolved and batter is very smooth.
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Add eggs and beat well.
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Add remainder of flour 1 cup at a time till soft but not sticky dough forms.
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Stir with a large spoon after each addition of flour.
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After adding about 9 cups, add flour 1/4 to 1/2 cup at a time so that dough doesn't get too stiff.
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I try not to use much more than the minimum amount of flour.
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Knead the dough until it is smooth (3 to 5 min.
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).
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Place dough into a lightly oiled (salad oil) x-large bowl turning the dough over to oil the top of the dough.
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Cover with plastic wrap and let dough rise till double in size.
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The dough rises quickly, so watch it closely!
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Punch down risen dough; form dough into 4 loaves.
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Place loaves into greased loaf pans; Cover and let rise again till nearly double.
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Bake at 375 deg.
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about 25 to 30 minutes.
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Remove hot bread from pans and spread butter all over the crust of hot loaves.
