Family Favorite Yeast Rolls

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This favorite teacup from a dear friend is such a favorite and looks perfect on my quilted topper.

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Mary from Home Is Where The Boat Is told us about these sculpted butters, and I bought a turkey one for Thanksgiving and this tree for Christmas.

I have been making these rolls for probably 50 years and my family loves them.  You can make the dough and keep it in the fridge for  a week, or you can go ahead, let the dough rise, and then shape the rolls, let them rise, and bake.  

Yield: 12-15 (or you can make them smaller)

Author: Kitty, but recipe came from my friend Susie in Ohio, who got the recipe from a Mennonite friend.

Family Favorite Yeast Rolls

I have updated this recipe over the 50 years that I've been making them. The original recipe called for a cake of yeast and melted shortening. These rolls are so easy and truly are a family favorite! You can make cinnamon rolls with this recipe too, by rolling out the dough, and spreading with butter, and cinnamon and sugar.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1 T. yeast
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 t. salt
• 1/3 cup oil or melted butter
• 3-4 cups flour ( I usually use about 3-1/2 cups)

Instructions

1. Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix. I use my Kitchen Aid, but you can easily do this by hand. Add the flour, starting with 3 cups. I usually use about 3 1/2 cups of flour. Cover the bowl & refrigerate for 1 day or up to 1 week.
2. Take the dough out of the refrigerator 2 hours before you need it. Shape the dough into balls. I usually get around 12-15 rolls. I roll the balls into a little flour before shaping them because the dough is rather sticky. I put them into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Cover & let rise until doubled in size.
3. Uncover & bake the rolls in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until the rolls are golden brown.

Notes

You can skip the refrigerator rising & just let the dough rise until doubled, punch down & then shape & let rise again until doubled and then bake.

My daughter had us over for an after-Thanksgiving feast.  She made the most gorgeous charcuterie spread in the upper photos.  The middle photo is Molly, Tim, me, Mike and Julie. Bottom is all my grandchildren, a boyfriend of Avery, a girlfriend of Caiden, and a girlfriend of Connor.  Riley surprised us by driving 10 hours from his Army base.  

Tim and Mike watched the Ohio State - Michigan game and we dressed in our Buckeye shirts.  Yea, my Alma Mater won!  Bottom photo is of Mike, Kevin, Kristen, Harper and Hayden who had been vacationing in Maui and had asked to do a mini Thanksgiving together when they came home.  

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