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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 packages traditional yeast
- 6 cups very warm tap water
- 1 teaspoon salt (heaping)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 12 cups all-purpose flour
Method
- In a large mixing bowl put in the sugar.
- Add the water and sprinkle with the yeast.
- Let stand 10 minutes.
- Stir yeast mixture with a whisk.
- Add salt and oil, stir again.
- Gradually add flour one cup at a time, stirring with the whisk until too thick to stir.
- Swich to a wooden spoon until dough comes away from the sides of the bowl.
- Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 8 minutes while adding remaining flour.
- Spray an extra large bowl with vegetable spray.
- Place dough in the bowl.
- Spray dough with the vegetable spray.
- Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place 1 1/4 hours.
- Punch down dough, turn out onto floured surface and cut into 5 pieces.
- Make each piece into a ball.
- Spray 5 loaf pans with vegetable spray.
- Shape dough balls into loaves, place in the pans.
- Cover with a towel in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Place loaves in oven and bake for 35- 40 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack.
