Marilyn's Rolls

Like many of our good recipes, this recipe is from David's Aunt Marilyn. These rolls are easy, and you can make the dough a day before and keep in the fridge. Nice.

2 yeast packets + 1/2 cup warm water + 1 Tbsp. sugar
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 cup boiling water
4 eggs
1 cup cold water
7 1/4 cup flour

Add yeast and 1 Tbsp. sugar to the 1/2 cup warm water and let rise.

In another bowl mix shortening, sugar and salt. Add 1 cup boiling water.

In a separate bowl beat 4 eggs with 1 cup cold water.

Alternately add the flour and egg mixture to the shortening mixture. Lastly add the yeast. Mix with dough hooks for a while. At this point you can throw it in the fridge. (If you do put it in the fridge make sure you pull it out 3 hours ahead of time to allow longer time to come to room temperature and rise). Roll the dough out, cut into circles and fold in half. Let rise on a greased sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Makes about 40-48.

(I only used half of the dough to make rolls and we used the other half to make indian fry bread for navajo tacos the next night for dinner. It turned out great).