This is from the recipe drawer of Pauline. On a recent visit to my sister's house, she pulled out a lot of recipes and cookbooks that she had up on her shelf. Knowing that I had been looking at old recipes, she said that she had several things that belonged to both of our grandmas.
We found this recipe on the inside front cover of a cookbook. As you can tell from the picture, it was a well-used recipe; lots of spatters and stains. I always find that my most used and beloved recipes look like this.
This recipe intrigued me, because I have never heard of a hot roll recipe that called for buttermilk.
1 cake yeast (soak or dissolve in warm milk) (a "cake" of yeast is the same as an envelope)
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp soda (baking soda)
3 Tblsp shortening
Flour enough to make a soft dough, like biscuit dough
*Cream shortening with salt, sugar & soda, then add flour, alternating with milk & yeast (flour approximately 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cups)
*Let this dough rest 30 min., covered
*Then make into rolls or cut with biscuit cutter
*Place in greased pans, let rise until doubled in bulk
*Bake in 450 degree oven for 12 to 14 min.
Do not have milk too warm for yeast - just lukewarm
I really do want to try this recipe. It intrigues me also because I know that my grandma used to work at the school cafeteria...You don't think this might be a recipe for those famous, awesome, school cafeteria rolls, do you??
