Golden Potato Rolls

Total Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup shortening or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 1/4 cups leftover mashed potatoes
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 8 -8 1/2 cups flour
• 2 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 heat milk, water, shortening and potatoes just until shortening is melted.
• 2 remove from heat and place in large bowl with sugar and salt.
• 3 add 2 cups flour mixed with yeast.
• 4 add eggs and mix well.
• 5 stir in enough of remainging flour to make dough smooth and elastic - about 6 minutes.
• 6 place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top.
• 7 cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• 8 punch down and divide into thirds.
• 9 on a floured surface, roll eacfh portion into a 12 inch circle.
• 10 cut each circle into 12 pie shaped wedges - beginning at wide end, roll up each wedge.
• 11 place rolls, point side down and two inches apart on greased baking sheets.
• 12 cover and let rise 30 minutes or until nearly doubled.
• 13 bake at 400f for 15 minutes.