Granny's Rolls

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup warm water
• 6 -8 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
• 2 packages active dry yeast (red star)
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 7 -8 cups all-purpose flour, approximately,divided (pillsbury)
• more melted butter, for brushing rolls

Recipe

• 1 put water in a 2-cup measure and add 1 tablespoon of sugar and the yeast.
• 2 let sit for a few minutes until it bubbles.
• 3 in a large bowl or mixer bowl, put the milk, the remaining sugar, honey, eggs and salt.
• 4 mix well, then add the yeast mixture, then the melted butter.
• 5 mix in 3 to 4 cups of flour, then stir in more until mixture is the right consistency (forms a soft dough).
• 6 put dough on a floured board and knead it, adding more flour as necessary, until it's not sticking to the board any more, about 5 minutes.
• 7 put the dough in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise about 45 minutes.
• 8 punch the dough down and let rise again until double in size.
• 9 to shape into rolls, roll out dough on a floured surface and cut with a round biscuit cutter.
• 10 put a little melted butter in the edge of the pan and roll the edges of the rolls in the butter before placing the rolls close together in the pan.
• 11 brush the tops with melted butter.
• 12 let rise, uncovered, in a warm place until double in size.
• 13 you can do this in an oven you've heated on the lowest setting for just a few minutes until it's warm.
• 14 bake in a preheated, 400f oven until brown, about 15-20 minutes.
• 15 makes about 36 rolls.