Yeast Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. Crisco
1 1/4 c. warm water
3 1/2 c. flour, divided (2 c. and 1 1/2 c.)
1 pkg. dry yeast

Preparation

Mix
2
cups
of
flour with the other dry ingredients, including
yeast.
Put
the
Crisco
in the warm water and add this
mixture to the dry ingredients.
Beat at medium speed on the mixer for 2 minutes.
Add the remaining flour and mix with a wooden
spoon
until
thoroughly
blended.
Turn out onto a floured
surface
and knead until smooth.
Grease 2 large loaf pans and form dough into 2 loaves.
Brush the top of each loaf with
melted
butter.
Cover
and set in a warm place to rise. Bake at 350\u00b0 for about 45 minutes.
Remove from pans and brush all over with melted butter.