Big Batch Buns - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups water, very warm
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup dry yeast
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/3 cups dry milk
1/8 cup salt
1 cup salad oil
2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups hot water

Preparation

Mix the 1 3/4 cup water, sugar and yeast in a large container and let sit to raise.
Mix the 3/4 cup sugar, dry milk, salt, oil, flour and hot water.
Stir both mixtures together and add flour as needed to make dough that is not sticky. (This will be at least 8 cups, maybe more!).
Kneed for 15 minutes until dough is elastic (this is where the fun family time comes in - let each kid kneed for 5 minutes -- ) Place in a LARGE oiled bowl, cover and place in warm, draft free area to rise. (We always used the large - 32 cup - Tupperware bowl with the lid sealed on. When the lid pops off, it's ready to punch down.).
Punch down and separate, divide and create!
Basic baking instructions are to bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.