Ron's Dinner Rolls

This is is a simple but elegant recipe that I developed over time by trial and error. It not only makes wonderful dinner rolls but a fantastic loaf of bread. All ingredieants are added to your bread machine and processed on the dough cycle.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 13 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 4  cups bread flour
• 1  teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  tablespoons  Crisco
• 1  large egg
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 1⁄8 cups warm water (2 tbsp=1/8 cup)
• 2 1⁄4 teaspoons dry yeast

Directions

1. Add your egg and milk to the bottom of bread machine pan.
2. Thoroughly mix the first five ingredients together and pour on top of egg and milk.
3. Mix yeast with warm (not hot) water and pour on top of flour.
4. Remove the dough from the bread machine after completing the dough cycle.
5. Roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick or a little thicker if desired. Cut with biscuit cutter placing 1/2 inch apart on lightly oiled cookie sheet.
6. Place in 400 degree oven and bake 13 minutes.
7. Check half way through baking as most oven temps. vary.
8. If you mix by hand, let dough raise until it doubles. Punch down, role out, cut with biscuit cutter. Place on cookie sheet and let raise for one hour before baking.
9. Remove from oven and lightly butter tops with pastry brush. Place on rack for cooling.