1/2 c. water (warm)
1 tsp. sugar
2 Red Star dry yeast

Combine above.

2 c. warm water in lg. Tupperware bowl
1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. Crisco
2 eggs
Flour (Robin Hood enriched)
2 tsp. salt

Use large Tupperware bowl - put in 2 cups warm water. Add 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons Crisco - stir well - add enough flour to make like cake dough - stir well and add yeast mixture. Stir and then add 2 teaspoons salt - add more flour little at a time until too stiff to stir. Turn out on pastry cloth and knead until smooth and not sticky, adding little flour at a time.