Rhyne's Pan Rolls

Total Time: 9 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 9 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 1/2-4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons dry active yeast
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water (about 100-110f)
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted

Recipe

• 1 using a pastry blender or two knives, cut shortening into flour until mixture is crumbly with pea-sized crumbs.
• 2 mix together yeast, sugar, salt, and lukewarm water in a large mixing bowl until dissolved; let sit 5-10 minutes or until frothy (if it doesn't froth, then your yeast is dead- either water was too hot or your yeast too old- start over with fresh yeast).
• 3 gradually mix together yeast mixture and flour mixture- adding enough flour to make a soft dough (you may need to add extra flour depending upon the humidity the day you make the dough).
• 4 cover dough and let chill 8 hours.
• 5 turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic- just a few minutes.
• 6 form into 24 small dough balls and set balls together in a greased 9x13" metal pan.
• 7 cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk (probably at least 1 hour).
• 8 bake in a preheated oven at 450 f for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
• 9 brush with melted butter.