Butter Rolls Old School Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease a large baking dish; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut shortening in until mixture looks like course crumbs. Add water, and stir just until combined. Use your hands to press dough together until it forms a ball.
• Turn out onto a floured surface, and roll dough out into a large rectangle. The dough should be rolled fairly thinly, like you would dough for cinnamon rolls. Spread butter evenly over the top, then sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar and nutmeg. Roll up tightly, and pinch ends to seal. Cut into 12 equal slices. Place cut side down in baking dish.
• In a saucepan, heat 2/3 cup sugar, milk, and vanilla until bubbles form. Remove from heat, and pour over top of rolls. Bake 30-40 minutes.
• *Note: These rolls can also be made without the milk sauce if you'd like, with a little milk or cream being poured over individual servings instead.

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until mealy.
• Add water.
• Mix well.
• Roll dough out on floured board to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Spread with butter and 1 cup of the sugar.
• Roll dough up like a jelly roll.
• Cut into 1-1/2-inch thickness as for cinnamon rolls.
• Put into greased pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F about 20-25 min.
• When done, combine 2 cups milk with remaining 1 cup of sugar and vanilla.
• Bring to a boil.
• Pour over rolls.
• Return to oven and bake about 7 minutes longer.

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast into 1/4 cup very warm water.
• Stir and set aside.
• In a large bowl beat eggs and blend in dissolved yeast.
• Add 2 1/2 cups flour alternating with 1 cup very warm water.
• Mix in sugar and 1/2 cup melted butter and salt.
• Mix until smooth.
• Beat in remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• Cover with a tea towel and let rise in a warm draft free place until doubled in bulk (1-2 hrs).
• Punch dough down and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to bake rolls, punch down refrigerated dough and divide into 2 pieces of dough.
• Roll each half into pieced 8 inches by 15 inches.
• Spread lavishly with softened butter.
• Starting with the long edge, roll jelly roll fashion.
• Cut with a very sharp knife of piece or thread into 1 inch slices.
• Place slices into muffin tin with cut side up.
• Let rise to double (40 to 60 minutes).
• Bake 8- 10 minutes in a 400 degree oven to golden brown.
• Brush with melted butter and cool on a rack.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the warm water and 1 tablespoon sugar. Sprinkle the yeast over the top, and let it stand for about 10 minutes, until the yeast is foamy.
• Mix the milk, eggs and salt into the yeast. Measure the flour into a separate bowl, add 2/3 cup sugar, and crumble the shortening into it using your fingers until it is barely noticeable. Gradually stir the flour into the wet ingredients. Mix using a wooden spoon until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and starts to form a ball around the spoon. Cover with a hot wet towel that has been wrung out, and set in a warm place to rise until double in bulk. This should take about 45 minutes.
• When the dough has risen, pour the melted butter over it, and knead for about 2 minutes. Let the dough rest for a few minutes, then roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1 inch thick. Use a knife to cut into 2 inch squares. Roll squares into balls, and place into greased round pans, spacing about 1 inch apart. Let rise again until doubled in size. You could also refrigerate the dough, and let it rise overnight for baking the next day.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake the rolls for about 12 minutes, until golden brown.