Monkey Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast
1/4 c. lukewarm water
1 c. milk
1/4 c. shortening
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
4 c. sifted flour
2 eggs
1 1/4 sticks butter

Preparation

Soften yeast in water. Heat milk and shortening together until melted
(don't
boil).
Measure
sugar
and salt into large bowl. Add
hot
milk
mixture.
Stir until dissolved and cool until lukewarm.
Add
2
cups
of
flour to milk mixture. Mix for 1 minute
with
electric
mixer
or by hand.\tStir in softened yeast and eggs.
Beat well and add more flour to make thick batter. Beat
thoroughly until smooth and elastic about 2 minutes. Cover and
let
rise
in\twarm place until bubbly, about\t1 hour.
Stir down.
Place
on
floured
board.
Knead lightly and roll out
to not quite an inch thick and punch out with cookie cutter.
Dip each
piece in 1 stick melted butter and drop in
Bundt
pan. Repeat
process layering in tiers in pan.
Pour remaining
butter on top.
Cover again and let rise 30 minutes. Bake at 375\u00b0 for 20 to 30 minutes.