50% Whole Wheat Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 c. water
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. shortening
1 c. milk
1 c. boiling water
2 1/2 c. unbleached flour, unsifted
3 c. stone ground whole wheat flour, unsifted

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water.
In another bowl, combine sugar, salt, shortening, milk and boiling water.
Cool to lukewarm; add yeast plus 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour (unsifted). Slowly add 3 cups stone whole wheat flour (unsifted).