Pocketbook Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. boiling water
1/2 cake yeast, dissolved in 1/2 cup lukewarm water
3 1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. butter
1 egg, well beaten

Preparation

Add butter, salt and sugar to boiling water.
Cool. Then add dissolved yeast cake.
Add sifted flour and set aside in a warm place to rise.
When double in bulk, add well beaten egg.
Knead lightly.
Roll out 1/2-inch thick on well floured board.
Cut with biscuit cutter, 3-inches around.
Crease with dull knife.
Brush with melted butter and fold over, pinching the dough on sides to make a pocket book. Brush tops with butter.
Let rise and bake on a cookie sheet in 390\u00b0 oven about 20 minutes.