100% Whole Wheat Bread

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Ingredients

2/3 cup water
3 packages yeast, active dry
1 tablespoon sugar
8 cups milk scalded
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 tablespoons salt
12 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

Dissolve yeast in 2/3 c water while your milk is cooling.

Dissolve 1 cup sugar in the hot milk. Stir all ingredients in large bowl, turn out and knead about 5 minutes, adding flour if needed.

Knead about 5 minutes.

Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Knead down and shape into 6 loaves, let rise until doubled in pans.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes.

Turn out on wire rack and let cool to cold before slicing, if you can.

NOTE: Raisins and/or walnuts can be added for a change.

Also this bread freezes well.

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Yu Sang (Chinese New Year Salad)

Instead of just lemon for salad dressing, this tastes much better in sour plum dressing - dilute about 1/2 C of the bottled sour plum sauce with some sugar syrup, then add 1 T oil.