Recipe - Rich Bread

4 pack Dry yeast
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 cup Water
7 pound Allpurpose flour
1 tablespoon Salt
One half pound Butter; melted
One fourth cup Oil
8 Eggs; beaten well
3 cup Sugar dissolved in:
4 cup Warm water
1 Egg; beaten with:
1 tablespoon Milk
Sesame seeds

Have all ingredients at room temperature. Heat oven to 200 & turn off.
Prepare yeast with 1 Tbs sugar & 1 cup water. Stir & set aside 10 minutes.
In large bowl, sift flour & make well in center. (Set aside 23 cups for
kneading). Pour butter, oil, sat & eggs into well. Begin adding sugar &
water & yeast mixture, working in flour to make mediumtextured dough. Turn
out on work area & knead 1520 minutes, using extra flour if necessary. Cut
through dough 23 times with knife to examine for air holes. When these are
evident, dough is well kneaded. Grease top of dough lightly with butter or
oil & cover & place in oven until doubled in bulk. Punch down & allow to
rise again. On lightly oiled surface, dump dough out & cut into sections
desired. Place in greased pans in oven to rise about 1 hour. Brush with egg
& milk & sprinkle with sesame seed. Bake 1 hour at 300.

ANNE P. MAHAN

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.