Ice Box Rolls
( Back to Cookbook Main Menu | Back to Breads Recipes | Back to Baked Breads )

 

These are the standard home-made dinner rolls around our house. Try them, and they may become your standard too.


3/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup Sugar
1 cup mashed Potatoes
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 pkg dry yeast
7 1/2 cups flour, sifted

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

Cream shortening and sugar. Add potatoes, beaten eggs and salt. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and add to mixture. Beat well and add flour a little at a time. Mix thoroughly and let stand until the dough has doubled in size. Punch down, cover and place in refrigerator. When ready to use, pinch off the amount desired and allow to rise again in a warm room. Bake for 20 minutes.