Mom's Buns

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages fast rising yeast
• 10 -12 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 stir 3/4 cup sugar, oil and salt into boiling water.
• 2 when the oil mixture has cooled,stir in the eggs and 1 cup flour.
• 3 stir the warm water, 1 teaspoons sugar and yeast together.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, combine the oil mixture and yeast mixture.
• 5 add the remaining flour, working it in one cup at a time, until the dough is soft, and no longer sticky.
• 6 knead the dough, place in a large oiled bowl, let rise.
• 7 punch down, let rise.
• 8 shape into buns and place into well oiled pans.
• 9 let rise, bake @ 350 for 20-25 min's until brown.
• 10 brush with butter when baked.
• 11 the yield may vary, depending how big you want your buns, lol.