Carole's Cinnamon Rolls

Submitted by In Ulm um Ulm...

"This may have originally been in a Navigator Cookbook, but she made it her own."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 48 small rolls

ingredients

• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast (as fresh as possible)
• 1⁄2 cup lukewarm water
• 1⁄2 cup scalded milk, Must boil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄4 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter

directions

1. Soften/proof yeast in the lukewarm water and set aside.
2. Pour scalded milk on the sugar, salt and shortening. Let sit until lukewarm.
3. Then add 2 C sifted flour - mix thoroughly.
4. Add 1 beaten egg and the yeast and water to flour mixture - beat well.
5. Add up to 3 ½ C flour (that much is never needed - start with 2 C).
6. Kneed on board until smooth-still kind of sticky (not too stiff).
7. Put in greased bowl and cover - let rise until double (1-2 hours).
8. When finger dent stays - Punch down. (At this point, you may grease and refrigerate).
9. Punch and let rise again … OR make rolls and let them rise).
10. Make rolls - Take half the dough, roll it out in a long rectangle. Spread with butter and sprinkle generously with cinnamon and sugar. Roll lengthwise. Cut in ½ inch pieces. Place in buttered muffin tin cups. Or make a rounded coffee bread ring shape.
11. Bake 375 º 12-15 minutes.
12. These freeze well.
13. Frost with powdered sugar frosting.