Ingredients | |
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1½ C | lukewarm water or potato water |
⅔ C | sugar |
1½ tsp | salt |
1 packet | yeast |
2 | eggs |
⅔ C | soft shortening (crisco) |
1 C | lukewarm mashed potatoes (prepared instant mashed potatoes) |
7 to 7½ C | sifted flour |
Directions
- Mix together water, sugar, salt.
- Add 1 packet yeast, stir until dissolved.
- Add eggs, shortening, mashed potatoes, flour.
- About 4 cups can go in with the mixer.
- The rest is kneaded in.
- Knead until smooth.
- Probably don’t need the full amount, maybe only 6c, you can tell by feel, no longer sticky.
- Refrigerate about 2 hours.
- Cover with saran wrap first.
- Let rise a day, then punch down in the center.
- Let it rise again.
- Shape rolls.
- Grease cupcake pan.
- Two balls per cupcake hole.
- Each a wad of dough the size of a small whole pecan, about a 3/4” ball.
- Fold it over and over with a little butter in to the center of the ball.
- Bake 375 deg for 15-17 min.
The Camp-Landers family recipe
Extra: cinnamon rolls
- Roll dough into oblong 9x18.
- Spread with butter, then brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Roll up; cut slices about ½ to 1 inch thick.
- Butter pan liberally.
- Cover bottom with brown sugar.
- Drizzle white (light) corn syrup over sugar.
- Place cut side of rolls down in pan.
- Bake 375 for 25-30 mins.
- Turn out on foil immediately.