Sweet Roll recipe

 Jessie Vondra Jarvis Sweet Rolls

(Usually doubles recipe)

1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
Cream together, then add 2 cps hot water (so you can keep you finger in a second, not too hot.)
Then add: 1 bakers yeast that has been softened in 1/2 cp water and 1 teaspoon sugar.

Beat well and then add 2 cups flour. Beat real well, as for cake. Keep adding flour and beating until it gets too stiff for the spoon and then add more flour and knead until quite stiff. Cover well and put to raise in a warm place. When double in bulk, knead down and when double in bulk a second time, make into rolls, cinnamon rolls, fruit buns (kolache), etc. It takes about 1/2 hour to mix the bread 1 1/2 for it to raise the first time and about an hour the second time. My mother also add to be sure and keep the dough nice and warm.