Best Bread Recipe Ever

3 cups luke warm water
2 tbs. sugar
2 tbs. yeast
1/2 cup butter, or oil, or shortening
1/2 cup honey or white sugar or brown sugar or molasses
1 tbs. salt
6-8 cups flour

What I love most about this recipe is you can create whatever you want out of it (i.e bread, rolls, pretzels, pizza dough, garlic bread, cheese sticks, cheese bread, cinnamon raisin bread, etc.) use whatever you have around the house and make it wheat or white or both. A few healthful tips is that butter will always be healthier than oil, honey and molasses is better for you than sugar and as always wheat is better than white.

Mix the yeast and sugar with the warm water and let set 5 minutes until it's bubbly. Then mix in the remaining ingredients. You have to become a good judge of what your dough should look like. You want a dough that pulls like a rubber band without tearing. You want it to be a bit sticky but also dry enough that it pulls off the sides of the bowl. Knead it about 10 minutes and then place it in a lightly greased bowl, cover it with a dry dish towel and let rise 1 hour on the counter. Then punch down and form the dough into whatever your making. Place in greased pan, cover and let rise 30 minutes on the counter far away from the stove because now your going to want to preheat the oven to 350F. For bread your going to bake it about 45 min to an hour. Rolls about 30-40 min. Everything will be in and around these times. When you can stick a knife in it and it comes out clean it's done. Enjoy!