Old Fashioned Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. scalded milk (cool until warm)
3 c. flour plus 2 tsp. shortening
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten stiff
1 pkg. yeast (not quick rising yeast)

Preparation

Place sugar over yeast; use enough water or milk to dissolve. Add milk and egg.
Add flour, shortening and salt.
Mix well.
Let rise 2 hours.
Roll out and let rise for 1 hour.
Bake in well-greased loaf pan in 400\u00b0 oven for 25 minutes.