Vienna Bread

Mix all ingredients and stir in with a spoon 4 cups of the flour (2 2/3 C). Add 3 more cups one at a time saving 1 cup for kneading.

Let raise 15 minutes then punch down. Do this two more times. Divide into four parts and put into pans and let raise 1 1/2 hours. Bake 45 minutes at 400 °F.

For Hoagie buns, divide each loaf into three and place on cookie sheet to raise. Put crease in on top of loaves with butcher knife. Can use some corn meal on bottom of loaves.

Recipe makes 4 loaves bread or 2 loaves and 6 hoagie buns.

Good for making meat pie shells. Roll out an egg sized ball of dough and fill with mixture of ground beef and lamb, salt, basil, garlic (pine nuts optional) moistened with water.

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