I have never had a bad loaf with these ingredients for a simple white loaf of bread (as you already know how to make bread, I won't give out the instructions) - this recipe also works fine in a breadmaker (normal setting for white bread, about 4 hours).
500g strong white flour
1� tsp fast acting dried yeast
1 tsp sugar
1� tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil or 25g butter
320 ml water (may need less if the weather is humid)
I used to use fresh yeast but when the dried stuff became available, I found that you just needed to halve the quantities (1 oz fresh yeast was comparable to � oz dried)