White Bread

Ingredients

1 cup scalded milk

2 cups warm water for yeast

2 T yeast

1 T salt

1/8 cup honey

1 egg

1/2 cup shortening

2 T sugar

3 cups warm water

12 -14 cups flour

Directions

Add the salt to the milk. Dissolve the yeast in the 2 cups of water. Cream sugar, shortening, honey, and eggs. Then add the 3 cups quite warm water. Gradually add the milk and yeast. Add flour, a few cups at a time (4 -5) and beat well. Add rest of flour, enough to make quite a stiff dough. Let rise and knead down. Let rise again. Make into loaves. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Notes

This recipe is form the Turner Hutterite Colony.