Large Batch Bread

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Do basic prep the night before.

Ingredients

  • 5 lb. flour
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. salt
  • 2 pkg. dry yeast
  • 7 c. water
  • 1 1/2 c. Crisco

Preparation

Step 1

The night before, using a very large turkey roaster or canning kettle, mix flour, sugar, salt and Crisco with hands until cornmeal consistency.

Dissolve 2 packages yeast in 2 cups warm water.

Add yeast water to flour mixture.

Add 5 cups cold water; mix thoroughly with hands.

Cover and let rise overnight.

Next morning, spoon dough into 7 greased bread pans. Pat into loaf with floured hands.

Let rise for approximately 3 hours.

Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees