Shredded Wheat Bread By Marie

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups boiling water
• 4 large shredded wheat biscuits, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons lard
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 packages dry yeast (mixed with water below)
• 1/4 cup water (110 degrees f)
• 10 cups sifted all-purpose flour (approx)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, pour the boiling water over the shredded wheat biscuits.
• 2 stir in salt, shortening and molasses.
• 3 cool to lukewarm.
• 4 in a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
• 5 add this to the lukewarm shredded wheat mixture.
• 6 stir in the flour, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 7 when the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured board knead until supple, about 8 minutes.
• 8 lightly oil a large bowl.
• 9 place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil.
• 10 cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
• 11 deflate the dough and let rise again until doubled.
• 12 turn it out onto a lightly floured board.
• 13 divide dough into four equal pieces and form into loaves.
• 14 place the loaves into 4 lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• 15 brush tops of loaves with 1 tablespoon vegetable oil.
• 16 cover the loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• 17 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 18 bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
• 19 reduce heat to 350 f and bake 30-40 min.
• 20 until bottom of loaves sound hollow when tapped.