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Soften yeast in warm water and set aside to be added later.
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Place sugar, salt, and Crisco in a large mixing bowl.
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Add hot milk to bowl of ingredients and stir to break up Crisco.
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Stir in 2 cups of flour and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth and elastic in consistency.
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Add eggs and softened yeast.
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Add 2 more cups of flour and stir it into mixture.
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Add more flour from the last cup of flour if needed to make a dough that is not sticky, but not stiff either.
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(This is where experience and/or good judgement are needed.)
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Pull dough out of bowl onto a lightly floured cutting board or countertop and knead it until dough is smooth and elastic.
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(How you knead the dough and for how long will determine the texture of your finished rolls. )
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Pull kneaded dough together into a ball and place in a greased bowl and let rise until dough is doubled in size.
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(approx.
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1 and 1/2 hrs.)
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Punch dough down and pull off 15 pieces of dough that are equal in size.
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Knead each piece of dough into round balls and place in greased shallow baking pan to let rise for another 30 minutes.
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Keep your kitchen warm and free of cold drafts while dough is rising.
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Dough will feel and act differently in different weather.
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Humidity is actually helpful.
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The very best time to make yeast bread is when it is raining outside!
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Preheat oven to 400F and bake rolls for approx.
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20 minutes.
