French Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 c. water
5 Tbsp. sugar
5 Tbsp. shortening
4 tsp. salt
10 c. flour
4 Tbsp. yeast
1/2 c. warm water

Preparation

In a large bowl mix the first 4 ingredients and about 3 cups of
flour
to
make
a
thin
batter (\"sponge\").
Mix the remainder of
the
flour
with batter and let rise 15 minutes. Knead for
5
minutes
and
place
in a greased pan.
Let rise another 30 minutes.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 35 minutes.