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Sheepherder's Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 cups very hot tap water
1/2 cup oleo (margarine/butter)
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp salt
2 packages yeast
9 1/2 cup flour, about

Directions:
Directions:
In a bowl, combine hot water, butter, sugar and salt. When butter melts, cool to warm and add yeast.
Cover in warm place until bubbly, about 15 minutes.
Add 5 cups flour and beat to form thick batter.
Stir in enough flour to form stiff dough, about 3 1/2 cups.
Knead.
Let rise until double, about 1 1/2 hours.

Cut a circle of foil to fit into the bottom of a cast iron pan or aluminum dutch oven, 5 qt size.
Grease inside of dutch oven cover.

Punch down dough and place dough in pan and cover with lid. Let rise until the dough pushes up the lid 1/2 inch, about 1 hour. Watch closely.

Bake covered at 375º for 12 minutes, then remove the lid. Bake another 30 to 35 minutes.

 

 

 

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