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Directions:Mix yeast, sugar and 1 ½ C warm water together in a large bowl. Let stand until yeast is dissolved.
Then add salt, lard and 2 C warm water. Mix in 2 C flour and stir well, then add the remainder of the 4 ½ C flour about a cup at a time, mixing well each time.
Pour dough onto a floured surface and knead 15 minutes or until dough is smooth and not sticky. Use flour sparingly while kneading so bread will not be tough. Put dough back into a greased bowl and let rise in warm place until doubled, 30 minutes to an hour. Generously grease 3 loaf pans with butter and divide dough into 3 parts. Knead and shape dough into loaves and place into loaf pans. Let rise for about 30 minutes. Bake for 30 – 45 minutes at 350 until golden brown and crusty. Remove from oven and brush with butter. Remove from pans to cool.
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Notes: After Daddy (Fedi) and Mom (Agnes) were married, Daddy would not eat bought bread, so Mom made homemade bread from scratch. She used a wooden bread spoon to stir, and then kneaded the dough by hand. She had an old, blackened double French loaf pan to bake round loaves. As the brood of kids grew up, Mom made 6 loaves “at a whack”, 3 times a week. She bought flour 25 lbs. at a time in a cloth bag and it didn’t last long…When the flour was gone; the bag was used as a dishtowel or apron. What a treat as we kids came home from school. Fresh baked bread, sprinkled with sugar or slathered with syrup and butter, it was the best!
On Saturdays, Daddy would sometimes use some of the dough to make fried bread or we would roll out some dough, sprinkle it with raisins, cinnamon and sugar and make some of the best cinnamon rolls for Sunday breakfast. Lots of times, Mom would make some of the dough into clover leaf rolls. They were great!!
The recipe is as Mom remembered it. She really didn’t measure ingredients, she just made bread…. Double the recipe to make the 6 loaves “at a whack”.
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