Phipps Foolproof White Bread
["1 pkg. active dry or 1 cake compressed yeast, or 6 tsp. dry yeast from can", "1/4 c. water (lukewarm)", "2 c. milk, scalded", "3 Tbsp. sugar (brown or white)", "2 tsp. salt", "1 Tbsp. shortening Cookeen", "6 1/2 to 6 3/4 c. sifted flour"]
["Soften yeast in lukewarm water.", "Combine milk, sugar, salt and shortening.", "Cool to lukewarm.", "Add 2 cups flour and stir well. Add softened yeast and stir well.", "Add sufficient flour to make moderately stiff dough.", "Turn out on highly floured board or smooth surface; knead until smooth and shiny (about 8 minutes). Shape into ball.", "Place in heavily greased bowl.", "Turn once to grease upper surface.", "Cover with dampened, clean kitchen towel. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk (about 1 1/2 hours). Punch down.", "Let rise again until double (about 45 minutes). Divide into 2 parts.", "Shape each into smooth ball; let rest 10 minutes.", "Shape into loaves.", "Place in 2 heavily greased loaf pans (9 x 5 x 3-inches).", "Let rise until double (about 1 hour).", "Bake in hot 400\u00b0 oven about 50 minutes.", "Yield: 2 large loaves, which keep well."]
["active dry", "water", "milk", "sugar", "salt", "shortening Cookeen", "flour"]