Prep Time::25 mins
Cook Time::25 mins
Additional Time:: 2 hrs
Total Time:: 2 hrs 50 mins
Servings::48
Yield::4 dozen rolls or 4 fancy breads
Ingredients
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1 cup milk
8 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups cold water
2 (0.6 ounce) cakes compressed fresh yeast
2 teaspoons salt
½ cup white sugar
4 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs
2 tablespoons melted shortening
Directions
Scald milk in a medium saucepan. Add cold water to scalded milk. Remove 1/4 cup liquid; mix yeast into liquid when cooled to lukewarm. To liquid in saucepan, add salt, sugar, shortening, and eggs. Add dissolved yeast to saucepan. Mix well.
Sift and measure the flour into a large bowl. Make a well in the flour, and pour the liquids into the well. Stir with a large wooden spoon until liquid disappears.
With one hand, mix dough in bowl using swinging rotary motion. Gradually form dough into smooth ball, then knead in bowl for 2 minutes. Brush top with melted shortening. Cover, and allow dough to rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours.
Punch down dough. Use dough for any sweet bread recipe.
Cook's Note:
For Whole Wheat Rolls, use 4 cups sifted flour and 4 cups fine whole wheat flour.
Editor's Note:
Baking time will depend on the size and shape of your pastries. General guidelines are: bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cinnamon rolls will take about 15 to 20 minutes, pull-apart rolls about 25 minutes. Tea rings, too.