OLD ENGLISH INN ROUTE 66 ROLLS
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups homogenized milk
1/2 cup mashed potatoes
1 cake yeast
2 Tbsp. warm water
2 eggs, beaten
4 cups sifted flour
2 Tbsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. soda
2 Tbsp. salt
2 cups sifted flour
Recipe
Warm shortening, sugar and milk in saucepan until
shortening is melted. Add mashed potatoes and cool.
Dissolve yeast in 2 Tbsp. warm water and add to
beaten eggs. Add this to the first mixture.
Sift 4 cups flour with baking powder, soda, and salt.
Stir liquid mixture into these dry ingredients. Put into
large bowl and let rise in warm surroundings to twice
bulk. This is a sponge. Cover overnight with light
cloth.
The next morning add remaining 2 cups of sifted flour
to the sponge and knead until satiny. Put the dough in
a greased bowl and let rise in warm surroundings.
Knead on lightly floured board. Form into rolls.
Place these rolls on a greased pan and let stand 5
minutes in warm surroundings until double in size. Bake
15 minutes at 425 degrees.
Serves 10.
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