Grandma Joyce Hagens Bread

“When I was growing up my mom didn’t make bread real often, but when she did it was a real treat. She told me that she learned to make it from a German woman who lived next door to her in one of the many places she and my dad lived when they were newly married. The woman couldn’t speak English very well so she had to show mom more than tell her. You will notice the absence of exact measurements, but it was the way mom had learned. After mom passed away, I wanted to make her bread. Since I had grown up watching her make it, I did my best to come up with some of the measurements.” – Mama J

  • 2 heaping tbsp crisco melted
  • 3 pkg. yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • handful of salt
  • handful of sugar
  • 5 1/2 cups warm water
  • 3 times as much flour as water to consistency

  1. Melt Crisco in small pan and set aside.

    In small bowl combine yeast, warm water, and tsp. of sugar.

    Let set until dissolved

    In very large bowl combine salt and sugar.

    Pour in liquid mixture and stir.

    Add flour until desired consistency.

    Knead well and let rise.

    When it has doubled, punch down and let rise again.

    When it has doubled again, punch down and make into breadrollscinnamon rolls.