Refrigerator Rolls

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon lard
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 (2/3 ounce) envelope cake yeast
• 1/4 cup lukewarm water
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Recipe

• 1 add sugar, salt and butter to boiling water. cool till lukewarm. meanwhile, soften yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water. add the 1/2 teaspoons sugar and let sit a few minutes.
• 2 stir this into the first mixture and add the beaten egg. stir in 2 cups flour and beat throughly. stir in remaining 2 cups flour and mix well, kneading dough together until it coheres.
• 3 cover tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 to 24 hours. remove dough from refrigerator. cut in half, returning other half to the refrigerator. divide remaining dough into 8 equal pieces. shape each piece into a ball. dip each ball into melted butter. place in greased 8-inch round pan.
• 4 repeat dividing, shaping and dipping with remaining dough and melted butter. cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes. bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes, or until done. remove from pans; cool on wire racks.