Makes 6 loaves

Ingredients

6 cups warm water (4.5 room temp, 1.5 boiling)
2.5 Tbsp active dry yeast
1 1/2 Tbsp salt
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup honey or sugar
10 1/2 -9 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

  1. Mix first 3 ingredients in mixer bowl and let foam for 10 minutes covered.
  2. After 10 minutes, add salt, oil, honey/sugar and 4 cups of flour. Mix well. Add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough is smooth and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
  3. Knead in mixer for 5 minutes.
  4. Generously grease 6 loaf pans and set aside.
  5. Divide dough into 6 equal portions, pat into a rectangle, and then roll into a loaf. Place the dough into prepared loaf pans. Let rise 30-45 minutes.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake the loaves for 30 minutes. After they have cooled for a little while, remove loaves from pans and finish cooling on a wire rack.