French Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast
1 1/2 c. warm water, divided
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. oil
4 c. flour

Preparation

Sprinkle yeast over 1/2 cup warm water and let stand 5 minutes.
Stir in buttermilk, 1 cup warm water, sugar, oil and salt.
Add flour and mix well.
Cover and let dough rise until doubled (1 1/2 to 2 hours).