French Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast
1/2 c. warm water
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. oil
1 c. very warm water
4 c. flour

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.
Add sugar, salt, oil and the 1 cup water and mix well.
Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well.
Let rise 10 minutes.
Knead down every 5 minutes times 5. Divide into 2 balls and let rise 10 minutes.
Roll each ball out like a jelly roll and roll up.
Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
Cut each loaf part way down every inch.
Cover with towel and let rise 1 1/2 hours.
Bake 35 minutes at 375\u00b0.