Mom's Famous Hot Rolls

Author: Sarah Slavinsky

Ingredients

• $2$ pkg. yeast
• $\frac{1}{2}$ c. warm water
• $1$ tsp. sugar
• $\frac{1}{2}$ cup sugar
• $\frac{1}{2}$ cup butter
• $1$ tsp. salt
• $2$ cups milk (we always use evaporated milk)
• $5$ to $6$ cups flour

Instructions

• Combine yeast, water, and sugar and set aside.
• Mix together sugar, butter, salt, and milk.
• Heat to scalding or until butter melts.
• Pour into mixing bowl.
• Add half of the flour and all of the yeast mixture.
• Stir and add remaining flour to make a soft dough that pulls away from the bowl.
• Knead $15$ minutes.
• Let rise to double.
• Form rolls.
• Let rise.
• Bake at $375°$ for $15$ minutes.

Quote

This recipe is from my Great-Grandma Alder. My mom got this recipe from her mom who had gotten it from her mom and has now passed it on to James and I. This makes me the $4$th generation to bake these rolls. My mom would melt half a stick of butter in the baking dish, then as she formed the rolls, she would roll them in melted butter, which made them brown perfectly, and taste delicious. They are served at every holiday meal and loved by all who eat them.