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- French Bread
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- 2 tablespoons dry yeast (2 packages)
- 5 cups lukewarm water
- 4 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 14 cups flour (or try bread flour)
- oleo
- 2 fork-beaten egg whites
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- Put yeast in a large bowl. Add warm water and stir until
- dissolved. Add sugar, salt and enough flour to make a ball and
- knead, adding flour for about 10 minutes, or count 200 kneading
- actions. Put in a margarine coated bowl and cover with a towel
- wrung out in hot water. Place to rise in as warm a spot as you can
- find. Let rise until doubled. Punch down and knead 3 - 4 times to
- remove air. Divide into 6 parts. Shape into long, thin loaves and
- put on 2 well-greased cookies sheets. Slash tops with a sharp
- knife. Brush with 2 egg whites. Let rise again. Bake for 15
- minutes in a 400 degrees oven, then for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Remove from pans and cool on racks. Wrap in foil if freezing. To
- serve after the bread comes from the freezer, warm in foil for 20
- minutes. Makes 6 loaves.
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