Mom'S Air Buns (Rolls) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup warm water
    1/2 tablespoon yeast
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1/4 cup lard (I use shortening)
    1/4 cup granulated sugar
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 tablespoon white vinegar
    1 1/4 cups warm water
    1 1/2 cups white bread flour
    3 cups more white bread flour
Preparation
    Mix the 1/2 cup warm water, yeast, and 1 tsp sugar, and allow to proof.
    Melt the lard, and mix in sugar, salt, vinegar, and warm water. When body warm, add the proofed yeast, and beat in 1 1/2 cups flour. Let rest for 15 minutes.
    Knead in approximately 3 cups more flour.
    Let dough rise till double (approximately 2 hours).
    Deflate dough, and form into buns, any size, (I make 16 large) or loaves. Rise till double (takes approximately one hour, but depends on size/shape chosen).
    Bake buns at 350\u00b0F for approximately 20 minutes.
    For ABM, in my machine, on the \"dough\" cycle, I use 2 teaspoons of bread machine yeast, and I reduce the water to about 1 1/2 cups, the flour to 4 cups, adding a tad more water or flour as it kneads to get a smooth,soft ball of dough. I leave the other ingredients as posted.

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