Mom'S Homemade Cinnamon Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
4 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
1 package yeast
1/4 cup water
3 1/2 - 4 cups flour

Preparation

1/2 stick melted butter for center of rolls and a mixtuer of about 1 cup sugar and some cinnamon for sprinkling in center Melt shortening with sugar and salt in microwave about 3 minutes or until shortening is melted.
While microwave is running, put yeast in the warm water and stir to dissolve.
Slowly add flour to shortening mixture but not too much.
When yeast is dissolved stir completely and add to flour mixture.
Add eggs and flour alternately and mix as much as you can with mixer, then take rest of flour and knead on counter until no longer tacky.
Grease bowl with oil and place dough in bowl and add more oil to coat top.
Place a towel over bowl and let rise until double in bulk.
In small bowl, mix 1 cup or so of sugar and add cinnamon to taste.
After dough rises, roll out on counter to about 1/4\" thick.
Melt butter and spread over dough.
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over entire rolled out dough.
Roll up dough into jelly roll style and take knife and cut into about 1\" to 1 1/2\" slices.
Put in glass pan that has been sprayed with pam spray.
Cover with towel and let rise until double.
Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes or so.
You can frost the cooled rolls with powder sugar frosting.