St. Joseph bread

by Donna G.’s book, Avon Lake, OH

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
10 cups flour
1/2 cup shortening or butter
2 pkg. yeast
3 eggs
1 tbsp. anise seed
2 cups water

Preparation instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut shortening into dry ingredients. Dissolve yeast into 2 cups warm water and add to dry ingredients.

Put dough in oiled bowls. Rise to double. Form into loaves and rise again. Bake for 30 minutes.

Submitted by: DONNA G