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Scald lowfat milk and pour over sugar, shortening, & salt.
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Let it cold to lukewarm while softening yeast in a small bowl with the hot water.
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When soft, add in the egg and beat together slightly.
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Pour the yeast/egg mix into the lowfat milk mix and stir them together.
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The flour may be sifted or possibly poured into the liquid.
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With a large spoon, stir till flour/lowfat milk is well mixed.
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You should have a hard, but not stiff dough.
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Without removing it from the bowl, cover the dough with a plate or possibly towel and set aside to rise till double in bulk (about 2 hours depending on the temperature in the kitchen).
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Instead of letting the dough rise at this point you may put it in the refrigerator and use it later, or possibly the next day.
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Watch to make sure it doesn't spill out of the bowl.
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If it starts to spill before you're ready to use it, punch it back down.
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Refrigerated dough is easier to handle but takes longer to rise.
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BREAD: If you want to make bread, dump the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface and with more flour as needed to keep it from sticking, knead it till springy and easy to handle.
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This dough does not require a lot of kneading; only sufficient to make it easy to handle.
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For 2 medium size loaves cut the dough in half and knead/shape each into loaves and put into greased baking pans.
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Allow about 2 hrs for the dough to double again.
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Bake in a 375 degree oven till lightly browned on top (if uncertain whether or possibly not bread is done, tip out of pan and see if bottom is browned too).
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ROLLS: To make rolls, work and knead dough till springy and easily handled.
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Roll out with a rolling pin and cut with a biscuit cutter and fold over and place on a greased cookie sheet (Parkerhouse rolls), or possibly break dough into small pcs, make into little balls and place 3 in each section of a greased muffin pan (Cloverleaf rolls).
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SWEET ROLLS: For Christmas bread or possibly sweet rolls, roll out dough as for Parkerhouse rolls, except trying to make an oblong instead of a round.
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Spread it with raisins and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
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Dot with butter and roll as for a jelly roll.
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Slice and place on a greased pan or possibly make into a circle and make slashes through the dough at intervals.
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Let rise and bake as for loaves.
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Top with an icing made of confectioners' sugar, melted butter, lowfat milk, and vanilla or possibly rum flavoring and drizzle over the bread or possibly rolls while warm.
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Decorate with nuts or possibly fruits.
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If you want to make a whole wheat bread, use half white and half whole wheat flour, and use brown sugar instead of white.
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The amounts above will yield 1 large or possibly 2 medium loaves of bread, or possibly 2 dozen large rolls.
