For 4 loaves: 1 pint water, 1 cake compressed yeast, 1 tablespoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful sugar.

Mix hard or stiff, as for baking, at first. Set it to rise; when it has risen, knead it again; let rise again. If mixed in the morning - which is the best when using compressed yeast - after the second rising, put it in the pans, and it will be ready to bake in the afternoon. Be sure and knead it when it first rises, and then let it rise again.