Mema's Heavenly Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:

2 cups scalded milk (this can be done by putting milk in the microwave for about 3 min)

2/3 c. Crisco

½ c. sugar

½ c. warm water

2 TB yeast

1 ½ TB salt

2 eggs, beaten

About 6 -7 cups flour

Scald milk.  Pour milk into a large bowl and melt Crisco into the hot milk.  Add sugar.  Let cool till warm.

In a separate bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.  Add yeast mixture to the scalded milk mixture, along with enough flour to make a thick batter (about the consistency of pancake batter--2 ½ - 3 cups flour).  Beat well until smooth.  Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise for about 1 hour.  Add salt, eggs, and enough flour to make a medium stiff dough (3 ½ - 4 cups flour).  Cover and let dough rise until double in size.

Roll out dough until it is 1 inch thick with rolling pin dusted with flour.  Cut dough into small circles with a cookie cutter or cup lid.  Fold circles of dough in half and pinch edges together.  Place on greased cookie sheets and coat rolls with cooking spray.  Cover rolls with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 ½ - 2 hours.  Remove plastic wrap and bake at 350° until rolls are golden brown.