Icebox Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 yeast cake
1/2 c. warm water
1 c. shortening
1 c. boiling water
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 c. cold water
8 c. or more flour

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.
Melt shortening in 1 cup of boiling water.
Cool.
Add eggs, sugar, salt and cold water to shortening mixture.
Add yeast mixture.
Add flour and mix well. Set overnight or at least 5 hours in refrigerator.
Three hours before baking, roll out and cut.
Dip each roll into melted butter. Fold over and place on greased pan.
Let rise double.
Bake until brown.