Refrigerator Rolls

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 2 cups hot water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 packages dry yeast, in water
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 7 cups (more or less) flour, to form dough
• melted butter

Recipe

• 1 dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water and set aside for 15 minutes or so.
• 2 in a large bowl, add hot water and shortening. let set until shortening melts.
• 3 add sugar and salt.
• 4 let cool until tepid.
• 5 add beaten eggs.
• 6 add two c.
• 7 flour and mix well.
• 8 add yeast mixture.
• 9 stir and continue adding flour until a soft dough is formed
• 10 turn out on floured board and knead until the dough is pliable.
• 11 generously oil a large bowl and place dough in it.
• 12 turn dough in bowl until coated w/ oil.
• 13 cover w/ lid or heavy plate.
• 14 refrigerate overnight or for several hours.
• 15 when ready to use, punch dough down.
• 16 turn out on floured board and halve dough.
• 17 you may make several styles of rolls with this.
• 18 cloverleaf rolls: cut dough halve into three equal pieces.
• 19 cut the three pieces into 24 equal pieces.
• 20 you have 72 pieces of dough.
• 21 grease 2 muffin tins (makes 24 rolls).
• 22 work dough into floured balls.
• 23 place three in each muffin tin.
• 24 brush with melted butter and let raise until doubled.
• 25 cook at 350f for 20 minutes or until golden brown and crusty.
• 26 brush w/ melted butter and serve.
• 27 *these rolls may be made ahead, allowed to raise and frozen in muffin tins.
• 28 thaw for an hour and bake as usual.
• 29 **these rolls may be cooked half way through, removed from oven, allowed to cool and are then frozen. when ready cook frozen for another 10-15 minutes until cooked through and browned.
• 30 thus ...a homemade version of"brown and serve".
• 31 ***dough will keep in fridge for two days.
• 32 keep punching it down.
• 33 ****dough makes great cinnamon buns or try swedish tea ring which is filled w/ fruit of choice and cinnamon.