Homemade Bread

combine and heat the following in a saucepan until shortening is melted:

2c. milk
3T. sugar
3T. salt
5T. shortening

Mix in a large bowl:
4c. cold milk with the saucepan mixture in bread mixer.

In a separate bowl measure about 13c. of white flour with 3T. of Saf-Instant Yeast mixed in.
Add flour mixture a little at a time to the liquid in mixer. Mix in bread mixer for about 10 minutes on #2 speed. After this is done, put about 1 T. liquid shortening on top of dough.
Cover and let raise 1 1/2 hours. Punch down and let raise 1 hour more. Punch down and put dough on a floured surface. cut dough into 6 loaf pieces. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
Make loaves and put in bread pans that have melted shortening in them.
Cover and raise 1hr.
bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees and then lower heat to 325 and bake for 30 minutes more.
Remove bread from loaves and brush with butter and let cool.

Bread recipe (old fashioned way without mixer)
Follow the same recipe above accept put it in a large bowl instead of mixer and knead at least 10 minutes by hand.

from the kitchen of Donna Schwartz