5 cups white bread flour
2 1/2 cups water — extra warm
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons sugar
5 teaspoons vital wheat gluten
1 tablespoon yeast
2 tablespoons shortening
1. Dissolve sugar and yeast in 1/2 cup of the extra warm water. Set aside. 2. Meal the salt, vital wheat gluten, and shortening into the flour. 3. Add the remaining 2 cups of extra warm water to flour. Stir. 4. Add yeast mixture. 5. Kneed until all flour is blended and dough is elastic. More flour can be added if dough is too sticky. (You can kneed for awhile, let set for about 5 minutes and then come back to it. This makes it easier to kneed without incorporating more flour) 6. Let rise for 1 1/2 hours, punching down as needed. 7. Separate dough into two parts. Form into loaf size. Place in 2 greased loaf tins. 8. Let rise in tins until double. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes.