Granny cooked without recipes and so the first time I asked for this recipe, she told me what to do, then went home and realized she forgot a few ingredients and told me to throw the recipe away. She made it later and actually measured the ingredients so I could have the recipe. I included her original below, along with some tips. I had never created any kind of bread before so I referred to Martha's Baking Handbook
Granny Rena Chauvin’s Rolls
1 stick margarine [I use butter]
1 cup milk
1 ¼ cup water
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp salt
2 envelopes Rapid Rise Yeast [sometimes known as instant or fast rising]
2 eggs
6 to 7 cups flour
Warm mixture:
Melt 1 stick of margarine [butter] in large pot on low heat. Add 1 cup milk, 1 ¼ cup water, 1/3
cup sugar, 2 tsp salt. Stir and heat to 125 degrees.
In a large bowl [I put it in the Kitchen Aid mixer bowl] put 3 cups flour & rapid rise yeast. Mix well then add the warm mixture.
Mixing with the mixer add 2 eggs and keep mixing [I use the paddle attachment until it gets to hard to use.]. Gradually add 3 to 4 cups flour [here I switch to the dough hook attachment] until stiff dough is formed. [Yes, I know. Is it 3 or 4 cups? I think I've used 3.5 cups to be on the safe side. Also the dough should be sticky, and not dry.]
Place the dough in a large greased bowl to rise until double in size.
[You want to pick a VERY large bowl -- I would assume that the dough is going to triple in size. I also cover the bowl with saran wrap, which I also grease. How will you know when it's done? Martha recommends that you wait 90 minutes.]
Punch down dough and form into rolls and place in baking dish [I put them on a cookie sheet that I will use to bake them with to rise so there's no having to move them from one thing to another.] Let them rise again [I just wait 90 minutes again] then bake in 375 degree oven until brown. About 20 minutes.
Makes about 3 dozen rolls.
[For holidays, I make them in advance. I cook them for 15 minutes and store in the freezer. When Thanksgiving or whatever rolls around -- ha -- I heat them up for 10 to 15 min in a 375 oven.]
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