overnight rolls

My Grandma used to listen to a radio program called Open Line. They did recipes. She copied this off in 1974 and it is a good one!

Overnight Rolls

At 5:00 pm start mixing them up

1 packet of yeast
3 cups warm water
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter or lard
1 teaspoon salt
8 cups of flour or more.
Mix all ingredients, adding flour till it isn't sticky any more.
Put it back in the bowl you mixed it up in, no greasing.
Every hour until 10:00 pm, punch it down.
Then shape into 4 pans of rolls and let set overnight, grease the pans
Bake in the morning at 375* for 20 to 25 minutes, brush with butter
These are light sweet rolls and could be made into cinnamon rolls or loaves

It will take some practice to know how early to bake them. They can raise a lot overnight. I would check after baking 15 minutes in case oven temps are different

I mixed up a batch the other night. They were formed into rolls by 11:15 pm. I got up at 6:00 am, to bake them and they had risen almost too much. I should have baked them at 5:00 am or earlier. The house was really warm. I let them raise in the oven overnight, covered with a tea towel.



This message was edited Jul 5, 2006 1:36 PM