Sweet Rolls #2
1 cup warm milk
1/2 cup butter (one block)
1/2 cup sugar
4-1/2 cups flour
1 yeast cake (dry yeast is used now as compressed yeast is not always available)
3 eggs beaten
1 tsp. salt
Dissolve yeast in ¼ cup warm water
Combine milk. melted butter, and sugar. Add beaten eggs and yeast. Sift flour with salt. Combine dry and liquid ingredients. Mix dough till soft and smooth. Sprinkle generously with flour in a greased bowl. Let rise two hours.
Shape dough into rolls, twisted, clover leaf or other desired shapes. Dot each roll with butter and bake at 400 degrees F. for about 15 minutes.
The dough is very pliable and can be shaped for a wreath type coffee cake. Chopped nuts and cherries could be sprinkled over the top.
Yield: three dozen rolls.
