White Bread or Rolls

• 1 12 cups water
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 14 cup shortening or 14 cup vegetable oil
• 2 12 teaspoons salt
• 4 -4 12 cups flour

1. Sprinkle yeast in 1/4 cup warm water with a pinch of sugar.
2. Let rest 5 minutes.
3. Mix in remaining ingredients and 1/2 the flour.
4. Beat well with wooden spoon, slowly stir in remaining flour.
5. (When adding flour I start with a full cup, as the dough takes shape I only add a 1/2 cup at a time.
6. Too much flour at once can make for very dry tough bread.)
7. Knead 8 minutes and add more flour if sticky.
8. Let rise until double in bulk (about 2 hour).
9. Punch down.
10. Let rest 5 minutes.
11. Shape into loaves or rolls and place in 2 greased medium (8.5 inch x 4.5 inch) bread pans or 2 round 8" cake pans for rolls; about 7 rolls in each pan.
12. Let raise until double in bulk (about 1 hour).
13. Bake at 350'F 35 for rolls or 45-50 minutes for bread.
14. Brush crust with butter while still warm.

water, sugar, yeast, sugar, shortening, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/white-bread-or-rolls-2674 (may not work)