Basic Yeast Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cake yeast
1/4 c. warm water
1 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. shortening
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 c. milk, scalded
6 c. sifted flour (about)

Preparation

Mix yeast, warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar and let cool.
Add shortening, salt and sugar to milk and let cool.
Add yeast and 3 cups of flour; beat well.
Turn out and work in as much flour as needed.
Knead until elastic.
Put in a greased bowl, turn to grease top.
Let rise until double.
Punch down; shape into loaves or rolls.
Let rise until almost double.