Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 pk Active dry yeast
1 1/4 c Warm water
3 Eggs, well beaten
4 1/2 c Unsifted flour
-may need more
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Sugar
2 ts Salt
Butter or margarine

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. Combine
dissolved yeast, eggs, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 cup warm water, shortening,
sugar, salt in a large mixer bowl. Beat until smooth at medium speed,
scraping sides of bowl, for 2 minutes. With wooden spoon, stir in
remaining flour to make soft dough.
(You can use up to 5 cups flour in all.) cover. Let rise until
double in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch down, refrigerate overnight.

Three hours before baking roll out as desired. For dinner rolls,
divide dough in half. Roll each dough half into a 1/2 inch thick
rectangle. Spread with butter. Starting with long side, roll up
jelly-roll style. Cut 1 inch slices. Place in greased muffin pan
cups, open side down. cover. Let rise 3 hours until doubled. Bake in
400~ oven 12 to 15 minutes.

VARIATIONS

Orange Rolls 1/2 c butter or margarine, melted 1/2 c sugar grated
rind of 1 orange powdered sugar mixed with milk for icing

Roll out dough as indicated for dinner rolls. Combine ingredients and
spread on dough instead of butter.
Bake. Frost with icing while hot.

Garlic Parmesan Rolls garlic salt grated parmesan cheese

Follow basic recipe up to taking dough from refrigerator. Pinch off
small pieces, roll between hands to form slender sticks. Place on
greased baking sheets. Shake lightly with garlic salt, heavily with
parmesan. Let rise until not quite doubled. Bake at 400~ 12 to 15
minutes.

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