3 cups warm tap water
1/3 cup sugar
3 pkgs. Dry yeast
1/3 cup cooking oil
2 ½ tsp. Salt
2 ½ lbs. Bread flour
Stir all ingredients except flour together with a whisk. Stir in bread flour with a wooden spoon until dough is stiff. Put dough on floured surface and cover with a clean towel for 10 minutes. Knead dough for 5 minutes. Put dough in oiled bowl and let it rise until doubled in size ( about 1 hour). Oil loaf pans and your hands. Then shape dough into 3 loaves and place in loaf pans. Let rise to top of pan (about 25 minutes). Bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
This recipe was given to Theresa Lynn by her friend Elaine.