Hot Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cakes or pkg. yeast
1/2 c. water
1 Tbsp. sugar
4 c. milk, scalded
1 c. sugar
1 c. shortening
2 tsp. salt
flour to handle

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water with 1 tablespoon sugar. Scald milk and let cool.
Add sugar, shortening, salt and flour to handle.
Knead until not sticky.
Let rise until light.
Knead down; let rise again.
Make into buns and let rise.
Bake plain rolls at 400\u00b0 for 10 to 15 minutes.
This is a good basic dough even for sweet rolls.
If used for sweet rolls, follow the recipe except when used with a sugar-butter coating try a 350\u00b0 to 375\u00b0 oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until bottoms are lightly browned in glass pan.
(This can be used very well with Rapidmix method of Fleischmann's.)