White Bread Loaf Bread

Photo: flickr user daisybush

Ingredients

2 pkgs. dry yeast

2 cups lukewarm milk, scalded, then cooled

3 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons shortening, butter, or 1 tablespoon salt

3/4 cup warm water

8 cups flour

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl; stir in milk, sugar, shortening, salt, and 4 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth, then mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn dough onto lightly floured pastry sheet. Knead until smooth, about 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turn greased side up. Cover and let rise 1 hour. Heat oven to 425 degrees and bake 25 to 30 minutes.