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Submitted by startnover
"These are so soft and yummy! They remind me of some I had as a child that a neighbor made all the time. I am so glad to have found this recipe. For convenience I use instant potatoes a lot and it works fine. These are even better the next day which to me with bread is rare, so I plan to make them for Thanksgiving this year."
photo by ChrissyVas 
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
15 4 ounce rolls
- Serves:
- 14
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ingredients
- 2 1⁄8 teaspoons yeast
- 1⁄2 pint warm water
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 1⁄8 eggs
- 1⁄2 tablespoon salt
- 7⁄8 cup mashed potatoes
- 1⁄3 cup Crisco
- 3 1⁄3 - 3 3⁄4 cups bread flour
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directions
- Sprinkle yeast over water that has been placed in your mixer.
- Allow the yeast to activate and then mix in sugar.
- Then add potatoes, salt, shortening, and eggs.
- Add flour a cup at a time stopping at 8.
- Only add enough of the remaining flour to get an only slightly sticky feel. The dough should be workable but not dry.
- Place in a greased bowl and cover with a towel.
- Allow to rise till doubled in a warm place.
- Measure another 1/2 c flour into a bowl.
- Spray hands with pan spray (will need to repeat this as the dough starts to stick a bit).
- Break off dough and form into rolls.
- Roll into flour just to coat.
- Place on a greased pan and allow to rise till almost doubled.
- Bake in a preheated 350°F oven 20-25 minutes or till lightly browned.
- Prep time does not include rise time as that will vary.
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Reviews
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We made this for Turkey day, without doing a trial run. Was kind of skeptical because I've never really made rolls before. But this was super easy, taste wonderfully light, and gave off a nice aroma. Made a ton of rolls ( Guess I should have read that it serves 36, next time we will cut the recipe in half. Since we didn't have a cookie sheet with a small lip to it we used an oversized muffin pan. My mom got a little carried away with the dough and they came out huge!!! But were still surprisingly light and fluffy. Looks like I'll be making these every year!!!!! Good post!!!!!!!!!!
ChrissyVas
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Have made these several times now - they are great! I've made them into "hamburger" roll size for sandwiches, dinner rolls, and even took part of the dough and put into a loaf pan for bread - always taste wonderful and have a nice light texture. I use the water I cooked the potatoes in for the warm water - great recipe.
Pat6456
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OMG I can't believe I didn't rate these sooner! I have been doing a dry run on Thanksgiving for the last month (!!!) and these were SO excellent! Beware! It makes the equivalent of FOUR LOAVES, but they are just so amazing that I gave some of the batch to my bosses and friends and they adored it! This is also a very forgiving bread! I forgot to put the eggs in it and after 45 min of NOT rising, I realized my mistake, added the eggs, and it perked right up! Thanks for posting Homegirl!
bcfossett
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So, I made these WAY too big and didn't let them rise close enough together, but it didn't matter! These are the best rolls I have ever made! Delicious. The potatoes added a great flavor undertone and kept these rolls nice and soft. Used to make turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving. A really big hit with both me and DH. Just remember, you have to place these closer together on the pan if you want them to rise up and not out!
Hadice
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Terrific recipe, easy and delicious! I made 26 4oz rolls. They are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing this one.
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Tweaks
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These were absolutely delicious!!!!! I reduced the recipe to a 1/4 I got 12 rolls and a small loaf. I used 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 2 cups of bread flour , used melted butter instead of Crisco. I put everything in my kitchen aid, which made it so easy. I agree with another reviewer this recipe is very forgiving. As I was letting the dough rise in the bowl, I realized, I forgot to add the potatoes!!!!!! No worries, I put the dough back in the mixing bowl, attached the hook ,added the potatoes. They turned out very light and fluffy. My husband said I out did myself. I will add just a tad more salt next time, and there will be a next time. I'm thinking for Thanksgiving dinner, thanks for sharing.....
cita705_12754854
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Fantastic! Used leftover Recipe #106693 which worked great. Served with honey butter though they were wonderful plain. Used butter instead of Crisco. Leftovers kept well. Great recipe! Thanks for sharing!
LonghornMama
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I halved this recipe to go along with split pea soup and everyone raved about the rolls. I put them in a 9x13 pan and used butter instead of crisco, 3 eggs (since 2 1/2's a bit difficult), and used olive oil in the pan and on my hands. Dough was a bit sticky but turned out light and fluffy a bit of sticking to the roof of my mouth but less so the second day. I probably needed to add more than 4 cups of flour at the beginning. SUPER YUMMY--very much like challah bread. Will definitely make again.
M. Jane
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