Oh, Fresh Baked Bread Smells So Good!

So I made bread and I thought I would post how to make it.  I love how the Pioneer Woman posts her recipes so I am going to give that a try.  Here is the basic recipe which makes 6 loaves:

• 6 T Butter
  
• 3/4 cup oil
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 2 T salt
  
• 7 1/2 cups hot water
  

Put all of the above ingredients into the mixing bowl and let sit 1-2 min.

• Add 4 T yeast right into the bowl; let sit a few minutes until it gets bubbly.
  

• Add 8-12 cups whole wheat flour. Mix well.  I use red hard wheat or the hard white wheat.  It really depends on how much wheat/white flour ratio you want.  Either way the total cups of flour should be 15-17.

• Add 1/3 cup gluten flour.  This can be purchased at most grocery stores.  The gluten really holds the bread together well.  I freeze my bread and the gluten makes it so it doesn't crumble.  

• Add 4-8 cups white flour.  I just use regular old flour.  I like to add a little bit of white for texture purposes.  Remember the total cups of flour is 15-17.

The dough will be ready when it no longer sticks to the top of the mixer or to the sides of the bowl.  It is always better to have it be a little sticky than to put to much flour in.  I usually mix it for 2 or 3 minutes once I have added all of the flour.
Spray a big, big bowl with Pam. This bowl is a 42 cup/10L  tupperware bowl.
Put all of the dough into the bowl and spray top of dough lightly with Pam.
Cover loosely with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot. Well--just in the kitchen will do.
The dough will look like this-about double in size.
Punch the dough down and then form into loaves.  I just do the roll and tuck in your hand method.  I don't know how to describe it or to take pictures of that. The loaves may look a little ugly, but don't mess around with them too much or they just get worse.  When they rise, they will be beautiful.
Let rise again until about double in size.  If you don't give the loaves enough time to rise, when you put them in the oven, the top of the loaves will rise really fast causing bigger bubbles to form in the top half of the bread.  It doesn't seem like a big deal, but the top kind of falls apart when you slice it. Generally it takes a good 20-35 min or more to get a good rise.
Place all six loaves in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for anywhere from 25-35 minutes.  It really depends on how accurate your oven is and how much wheat to white flour you put in.  Start with 25 and watch it.  It will be done when the tops are nice and brown.
After you take the loaves out of the oven take them out of their pans and put on a rack to cool.  Make sure to put butter on the tops.  It keeps the crust soft and it sure tastes good!
Presto!  Yummy homemade bread.  The whole process of mixing up the bread only takes about 15 min.  The rest of the time is mostly waiting and watching.  MMMMMM.............  Don't you want to go and make some!