Bread Or Rolls

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening or 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 4 -4 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle yeast in 1/4 cup warm water with a pinch of sugar.
• 2 let rest 5 minutes.
• 3 mix in remaining ingredients and 1/2 the flour.
• 4 beat well with wooden spoon, slowly stir in remaining flour. (when adding flour i start with a full cup, as the dough takes shape i only add a 1/2 cup at a time. too much flour at once can make for very dry tough bread.)
• 5 knead 8 minutes and add more flour if sticky.
• 6 let rise until double in bulk (about 2 hour). punch down.
• 7 let rest 5 minutes.
• 8 shape into loaves or rolls and place in 2 greased medium (8.5 inch x 4.5 inch) bread pans or 2 round 8" cake pans for rolls; about 7 rolls in each pan.
• 9 let raise until double in bulk (about 1 hour). bake at 350'f 35 for rolls or 45-50 minutes for bread.
• 10 brush crust with butter while still warm.