Legacy Recipe: Donna’s Dinner Rolls

Believe it or not, the election is not the only thing that is just around the corner! The holidays are just weeks away, and since I’ve been busy with physical therapy on my new knee, I decided to share a family favorite recipe that will make your holiday meals even better.

Donna’s Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:

2 cups warm water (not hot)

2 pkgs. Active dry yeast

½ cup sugar

1 Tbsp. salt (I sometimes add just a little more)

5 cups sifted all-purpose flour

3 Tbsp. shortening (softened)

2 eggs (whisked)

Instructions:

Put water in large bowl and add yeast.  Stir until dissolved.

Add sugar and salt and stir thoroughly until sugar is almost dissolved.

Add ½ of the flour and stir until mixed in.

Add shortening and 2 eggs and stir thoroughly.

Add the remaining flour and stir until all is mixed in. (dough will be thick)

Cover and put in a warm place until double in size (about 1 or 1 ½ hours).

Grease a large pan (or 2 smaller pans [9×13]) to place rolls in.

Flour a surface lightly and pour dough out onto the surface.  Use just enough flour to keep it from sticking to the surface or to your hands.

Flatten dough out, and cut out rolls with a biscuit cutter or a glass dipped in flour.

Roll leftover dough together and flatten.  Continue cutting rolls until all dough is gone.

This makes about 40 rolls. (Easily cut recipe in half for about 20-24 rolls)

Brush the rolls with melted butter and place the pan in a warm place until rolls are double in size. 

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

I sometimes brush the rolls lightly with butter a second time when they come out of the oven. (it is the holidays, after all).

My family loves these rolls and I love making them because there is no kneading!! 

I hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I hope you take the time to make this wonderful addition to every meal!! Enjoy!

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