Monkey Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. scalded milk
1 c. mashed potatoes (instant)
2/3 c. Crisco
2/3 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 pkg. dry yeast
1/2 c. lukewarm water
2 eggs
5 c. flour
1 stick butter, melted

Preparation

Combine scalded milk, mashed potatoes, Crisco, sugar and salt. Let stand until lukewarm.
Dissolve dry yeast in lukewarm water. Add eggs and 1 1/2 cups of flour to milk and potato mixture. Stir, then add yeast.
Add 3 1/2 cups of flour.
Knead with wooden spoon.
Put into greased bowl.
Cover and let rise until double. Punch down.