Bushnell Brown Bread

Found this recipe while reading a biography of the Canadian folk music great Stan Rogers. This was published in the book as his grandmother Bushnell's bread. I tinkererd with the original recipe because I found it too sweet and too salty. It's great! Enjoy

• Ready In: 4 hrs
• Yields: 4-5 loaves

Ingredients

• 8  cups white flour
• 8  cups whole wheat flour
• 1⁄4 cup  lard
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 4 -5  tablespoons salt
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 2 -3  cups  lukewarm water
• 2 (4 tablespoon) envelopes dry yeast

Directions

1. Proof the yeast in 1 cup of warm water for 10 minutes.
2. Cut the lard into the dry ingregients.
3. Make a well and add the yeast mixture and molasses.
4. Add the water a little at a time until you have a pliable dough.
5. Knead on a lightly floured board for several minutes.
6. Allow to rise until double, placing in a greased covered bowl.
7. Form into loaves and place in greased bread loaf pans.
8. Allow to rise until doubled.
9. Bake 300F for 1 hour.