Yeast Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. active dry yeast or 1 cake compressed yeast
1/4 c. lukewarm water
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1 tsp. salt
1 c. scalded milk
1 egg, beaten
about 4 c. sifted flour

Preparation

Soften yeast in water.
Add 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
Add rest of sugar, butter and salt to hot milk.
Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Cool, then add egg.
Stir in softened yeast.
Stir flour into liquid ingredients.
Mix by hand.
Stir until flour and liquid are well mixed.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead it quickly until it is smooth and elastic.
Form dough into a smooth ball.
Place ball of dough in a greased bowl and turn it over once or twice to grease the surface.
Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.