DOUBLE-QUICK DINNER ROLLS
1 cup warm water (110-115 degrees)
1 package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons soft shortening
In bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Stir sugar, half
of flour and salt into
yeast. Beat with spoon until smooth. Add egg and
shortening. Beat in rest
of flour until smooth. Scrape sides of bowl and
cover with cloth. Let rise
in warm place until double, about 30 minutes. Grease
12 large muffin cups.
Stir down raised dough. Spoon into muffin cups filling
4 full. Again let
rise in a warm place until dough reaches tops of
muffin cups, 20-30 minutes.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake 15-20 minutes. Vary
by sprinkling 1/2
teaspoon of poppy or sesame seeds over each roll
before second rising.
Nancy Peters