Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

scant 1/4 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
1 c. hot water
2 rounded Tbsp. Crisco
1 c. cold water
2 pkg. dry yeast
1/2 c. very warm water
7 c. flour (all-purpose)

Preparation

Dissolve sugar, salt and Crisco in hot water in very large bowl; add cold water.
Dissolve yeast in very warm water.
Add to sugar mixture.
Add flour, 1 cup at a time, stirring well.
Knead at the end until dough forms a ball.
Grease top and sides of bowl.
Let rise until double in size.
Knead and let rise again.