Plain Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 pint sweet milk
• 1 yeast cake, dissolved in
• l/2 cup sugar
• l/2 cup lukewarm water
• l/2 cup mashed Irish potatoes
• l/2 cup lard
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 7 cups sifted plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix hot milk, lard, sugar, and mashed potatoes.

2. 2

   Let cool until lukewarm, then add yeast water.

3. 3

   Mix liquid with flour and set to rise until double in bulk.

4. 4

   Work again and refrigerate in a covered bowl for later use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cook book (Methodist church, Garland NC, 1950) (1950) by Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman's Society of Christian Service (Garland, N.C.), page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN ROLLS 1 pint sweet milk 1 yeast cake, dissolved in l/2 cup sugar l/2 cup lukewarm water or l/2, cup mashed Irish potatoes milk l/2 cup lard 1 teaspoon baking powder 7 cups sifted plain flour, 1/2 teaspoon soda measured after sifting, 1-1/2 teaspoons salt

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