Farmers Market Bread
By: Amy Jeanroy
Published: Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 6:52am

Ingredients




5 cups warm water
7 teaspoons yeast
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons salt
1 cup lard
14 cups flour

Preparation

1 Dissolve yeast into 1 cup water and allow to foam (5 minutes) 2 Mix remaining water with sugar, salt and lard 3 Add yeast mixture and 4 cups of the flour. Let stand for 1 hour. 4 Mix in remaining flour and turn onto floured surface 5 Knead until elastic 6 Cover and let rise for 1 hour 7 Punch down and rise a second time (1 hour) 8 Divide dough into 6 equal pieces 9 Form loaves and place in greased pans 10 Let rise till double 11 Bake 325 for 30 minutes 12 Turn out immediately onto rack to cool 13 For softer crust, brush with butter while hot

About


This recipe is rock solid. I make it almost every week of the year. Try brushing with melted butter/honey mixture for a change of pace.