White Bread or Rolls

Name: White Bread or Rolls
Ingredients: 1 12 cups water; 1 pinch sugar; 1 tablespoon yeast; 3 tablespoons sugar; 14 cup shortening or 14 cup vegetable oil; 2 12 teaspoons salt; 4 -4 12 cups flour

7 ingredients

1 steps

Ingredients

1 12 cups water
1 pinch sugar
1 tablespoon yeast
3 tablespoons sugar
14 cup shortening or 14 cup vegetable oil
2 12 teaspoons salt
4 -4 12 cups flour

Directions

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["Sprinkle yeast in 1/4 cup warm water with a pinch of sugar.", "Let rest 5 minutes.", "Mix in remaining ingredients and 1/2 the flour.", "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.)", "Knead 8 minutes and add more flour if sticky.", "Let rise until double in bulk (about 2 hour).", "Punch down.", "Let rest 5 minutes.", "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.""