Dinner Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. boiling water
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/3 c. shortening
1/4 c. lukewarm water
2 eggs
8 c. flour
2 pkg. yeast

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in the lukewarm water.
Set aside.
Mix boiled water, sugar, salt and shortening.
Cool until lukewarm; add eggs and 4 cups of the flour and mix well.
Add dissolved yeast, then add the other 4 cups of flour.
Let rise 2 to 3 times.
Punch down with a fork each time.
After the last rising, turn onto a floured board.
Roll out until about an inch thickness.
Cut into biscuits. Let rise again.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 15 to 20 minutes.