Salt Rising Bread

• 3/4 c. homeground meal
• 1 1/4 c. boiling milk
• 1/4 or 1/2 tsp. soda
• 2 c. boiling water
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 c. milk
• 5 c. flour
• 5 lb. flour
• 3/4 c. shortening
• 1/3 c. sugar
• 3 Tbsp. salt

1. Stir meal into boiling milk.
2. Let sit until double in warm place (1/2 to 1 1/4 days).
3. Add soda.
4. Make sponge of 2 cups boiling water poured over 1/2 cup sugar and 1 cup milk in crock. Thicken with about 5 cups flour.
5. Add meal yeast.
6. Place pitcher in hot water and let batter double (2 hours).
7. Sift 5 pounds flour into dishpan.
8. Set aside 2 cups of this flour.
9. Cut into flour the shortening, 1/3 cup sugar and salt.
10. Put in nest of flour in pan. Pour sponge in nest and rinse pitcher with 6 cups of the warm water in pan.
11. Mix well; put in well-greased loaf pans and set in very warm place to rise to double.
12. Bake at 350u0b0 for 15 minutes and 300u0b0 for 1 hour.
13. Turn out on brown paper and butter.
14. Total flour needed is 7 1/2 pounds.

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Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=1069450 (may not work)