Granny Liz'S Potato Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

medium potato
shortening
water
1 Tbsp. salt
4 to 5 Tbsp. sugar
1 egg
1 c. milk
2 pkg. dry yeast
7 c. flour (all-purpose)

Preparation

Peel potato and cut it up.
Boil in 5 cups of water.
Put heaping tablespoonful of shortening in bowl and add 1 cup potato water.
In separate bowl, mash potato and add 1 cup potato water. Combine contents of both bowls and add salt, sugar, egg and milk; stir.
Combine 2 cups flour with yeast.
Add to liquid and mix well.
Add 5 cups flour and knead well.
Let rise in greased bowl 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Punch down and make rolls.
Let rolls rise 1 hour, then bake 20 minutes at 350\u00b0.