Mother's everyday bread^

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Cakes yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
5 cups Warm water
4 teaspoons Salt
¾ cup Sugar
10 tablespoons Fat
16 cups Flour, about

Directions

Dissolve yeast and sugar in ½ cup water; set aside for 10 minutes.

Mix together with the yeast the rest of the water, the salt, sugar and about 6 cups flour. Beat well, then keep adding flour until a stiff dough is formed. Knead well about 10 minutes. cover, let rise.

Punch down, cover, let rise again. Put into greased pans, let rise ½ hour, bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes. Makes 5-6 loaves ~ enough for a week if you're lucky! Mmmmmm! Many of the recipes in this collection did not contain amounts or oven temperatures. I have typed them in as they appear in the book, typos and all.

Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0-934860-55-6 Entered by Carolyn Shaw 5-95

Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 06-15-95

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