French Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast
1 1/2 c. very warm water
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. shortening (melted) or Mazola oil
4 c. flour

Preparation

Dissolve
yeast
in
1/2
of
the water plus 1 teaspoon sugar. In
large\tbowl,
dissolve sugar and salt in remaining water. Add
Mazola
and yeast.
Mix.
Add flour.
Place dough in greased bowl
and
set in warm water.
Work dough every 10 minutes\tfor
5 consecutive
times.
Turn\tdough onto floured board and
divide into
2
balls.
Let rest 10 minutes.
Roll each piece
out
and roll
up as for jelly roll.
Seal edges. Place on
a greased cookie sheet and score diagonally 6 times. Let rise 1 1/2 hours. Bake in 400\u00b0 oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Brush with\tmelted butter.
This
makes 2 loaves and is delicious as garlic bread.