Sunday Brunch

Happy Mother's Day to all of you who are mothers!
Yesterday afternoon I started my favorite yeast roll recipe. They are actually called Refrigerator Rolls. The recipe came from a woman who was the wife of a rancher in northern Texas. They lived in a little town that was as far north as you could go and not be in Oklahoma. She would make the rolls on Saturday evening, put the dough in the refrigerator over night, get up the next morning and form the rolls and when she returned from church, they would be ready to throw into the oven. What a treat it was to be invited for Sunday lunch! So this is her recipe. I hope you enjoy it. By the way, it can be made into rolls or cinnamon rolls. I divided the dough and have done both for today.

Refrigerator Yeast Rolls 
2 packages of yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 cup of lukewarm water
Mix these ingredients together and set aside.
2/3 cup of melted butter
2 cups of scalded milk, cooled
2 eggs beaten
Mix these ingredients together and combine with the above ingredients.
3/4 cup of sugar
4 teaspoons of salt 7 to 8 cups of flour (I mix in 7 cups of flour and then knead the last cup into the bread after I have combined all ingredients)
Mix the dry ingredients into the liquid ingredients.
Knead well adding more flour if necessary. Place dough into a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator over night.

When the dough comes out the next morning, it will have risen and will look like this.

It may be difficult to see, but this is a very large bowl.
What I like to do is divide the dough in half.

Roll out half of the dough for cinnamon rolls. The dough should be about 1/4" thick.

Once rolled out, spread a layer of butter on the dough.

Combine cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over butter. If you like, you can also add raisins and or pecans at this point.

Roll the dough and pinch the ends together. Using a serrated knife, cut the dough into 1/2 rounds.

Grease a baking pan and lay out the rolls.

With the other half of the dough I made round balls and placed them in a greased muffin pan.
Cover with a lint free towel and allow to rise for two hours. Once risen, place in a preheated 400 degree oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
This is a very large recipe so it makes up more than the amount that I have photographed. The left over dough and cinnamon roll dough I wrapped with plastic wrap and placed in the freezer for another time.

The finished rolls. Wish you were here to smell them. Yummmmm!
Have a wonderful day.