Mother'S Brown Bread(Mors Grovbrod) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cake fresh yeast
4 c. lukewarm water
1/2 c. molasses
1 Tbsp. salt
1/2 c. melted shortening
6 c. white flour
2 c. whole wheat or graham flour
1/2 c. sugar

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup lukewarm water; let stand for 15 minutes.
In a large bowl, add 3 1/2 cups lukewarm water, molasses, salt, sugar and shortening.
Add enough flour to make a soft sponge.
Beat thoroughly.
Add remainder of flour to make stiff dough.
Knead dough well.
May add some shortening to kneading surface to help kneading.
Place dough in greased bowl; cover and let rise in a warm place.
When double in bulk, knead again.
Let rise once more, then shape into 4 loaves.
Place in loaf pans.
Let dough rise until loaves are double in size.