Traditional White Bread

6-7 cups of all purpose flour or bread flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
2 packages of regular or quick active yeast or 4 1/2 teaspoons
2 1/4 cups very warm water
2 tablespoons butter, melted (this is to put on top of the loaf while its rising and also to put on after it gets out of the oven)

Bake at 425 degrees for 25-30 minutes (until golden brown and sounds hollow when you tap it)

You mix only 3 1/2 cups of flour to start with, the sugar, salt, yeast,shortening, and than add the warm water. After this add the additional cups of flour until the dough is not too sticky anymore and easy to handle. I ended up only using 6 1/2 cups total.

Knead dough, let dough rise, separate dough into two pieces to forms loaves, put those into greased loaf pans and let those rise until doubled in size. NOW BAKE!