Recipe - Out Of This World Rolls

2 pack Active dry yeast
1 One fourth cup Warm water
3 Eggs, well beaten
4 One half cup Unsifted flour
may need more
One half cup Shortening
One half cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Salt
Butter or margarine

Dissolve yeast in One fourth cup warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. Combine
dissolved yeast, eggs, 2 One half 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 One half inch thick rectangle.
Spread with butter. Starting with long side, roll up jellyroll 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 One half cup butter or margarine, melted One half cup 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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