Grandma's Yeast Rolls
By
Jessica Ezell
@Jessica_Ezell
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My family loves these rolls. I have to make them every holiday. I love the taste of these fluffy buttery rolls. They're very easy to make!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Buttery and fluffy, these yeast rolls will be a heavenly addition to any meal. They're slightly dense in texture with a hint of sweetness. It's an old-fashioned recipe just like grandma used to make. They take a little longer to make and a little elbow grease to get the dough kneaded, but it's well worth the wait and work. The result is scrumptious yeast rolls.
Note: We got 24 really full cloverleaf rolls. If you shape them differently you'll get more. This recipe is meant to serve a crowd.
Ingredients
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4 Tbspmargarine
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1/3 cshortening
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3/4 csugar
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1 Tbspsugar
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3 largeeggs
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4 pkgactive dry yeast (1/4 oz. size)
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1/2 clukewarm water
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7 1/2 call-purpose flour
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1 Tbspsalt
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1 1/4 cmilk
How to Make Grandma's Yeast Rolls
- Cream margarine and shortening with sugar until light.
- Add eggs slowly, blending well between each addition.
- Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water (110 degrees; be sure that water is not too hot).
- Sift together flour and salt.
- Add half of the flour to the egg mixture and mix well.
- Then add half of the milk to the egg mixture and mix well.
- Add dissolved yeast.
- Add remainder of milk and flour to make a soft dough.
- Cover dough; let rest for 10 minutes.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8 to 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic.
- Place dough in a lightly greased bowl large enough to hold the dough when doubled in size, turning once to grease the surface.
- Cover; let rise in a warm place (90 F) until double in size (about 2 hours).
- Fold dough over from 4 sides to knead lightly.
- Cover and let rise again until double in size.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape as desired.
- To Make Cloverleaf Rolls: Shape dough into small balls. Three balls should half-fill a greased muffin pan.
- Brush with melted margarine or butter.
- Let rise in a warm place (90 F) until double in size (about 25 to 30 minutes). Do not let rolls "over-rise". Bake in a pre-heated 350 F oven until both the top and bottom of rolls are golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and brush top of rolls with melted margarine.
