Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. milk
1/2 tsp. salt
4 1/2 c. flour
1 pkg. dry yeast

Preparation

Warm together shortening, sugar, milk and yeast.
(Check yeast first.)
Add salt and flour and knead dough.
Let set 1 1/2 hours (about double).
Knock down and let rise again to double.
Roll dough to approximately
12 x 18-inches (jelly roll).
Brush butter and add sugar and cinnamon.
(Roll up as for jelly roll.)
Can also add sliced apples and nuts.
Cut about 1-inch thick and put in pan.
Butter tops of dough and let rise again to double.
Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven for about 20 to 25 minutes, until very brown.