Debbie's Homemade White Bread

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup warm water
  
• 2 pkgs. rapid-rise dry yeast
  
• (or 2 1/2 T. if you buy in bulk)
  
• 1 tsp. honey
  
• 2 2/3 cups warm water
  
• 
  1/4 cup sugar
• 1 T. lite salt
• 3 T. butter-flavored Crisco
• 8-9 cups bread flour

Method

1. Make yeast mixture with warm water, yeast and honey. Let rise.
2. When ready, add yeast
   mixture to the 2 2/3 cups warm water.
   
3. Then add the next 3 ingredients and 5 cups of
   the bread flour. Beat well, until smooth.
4. Add 3 cups more flour, plus a bit more to make
   dough workable.
5. Knead about 10 minutes or until extra smooth.
6. Rub dough lightly with a
   bit of Crisco. Put in large bowl and let rise until double.
   
7. Shape into 4 loaves and place in greased loaf pans (make a few fork holes in each loaf to prevent air bubbles) and let rise
   again - about 30-40 minutes.
8. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Rub tops of warm loaves with butter.

ENJOY EATING ~ especially warm right out of the oven! Yummy!

Recipe from Debbie Jones