Virginia Rolls
A vintage handwritten recipe for Virginia Rolls. Make these rolls with yeast, sugar, lukewarm water, scalded milk, melted shortening, sugar, salt, eggs, and flour.
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Ingredients
- 2 packages of dry yeast or two cakes of yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 2 cups milk scalded
- 2/3 cup melted shortening
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons salt
- 2 beaten eggs
- 10 to 11 cups flour
Method
- Soften yeast and dissolve sugar in water – add milk.
- Cool to lukewarm, add shortening, sugar, and salt. {?} egg, beat well and add flour to make a soft dough.
- Let stand ten minutes – kneed down and put in a greased bowl and set in the refrigerator.
- Take out 2 hours before baking and make rolls.
- Bake.
Kitchen Helper 2
Retro Hand Mixer
15-inch baking Pan
Retro Mixing Bowls
Notes
For 1/2 recipe use the following:
1 package of yeast
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 cup milk, scalded
1/3 cup melted shortening
3/8 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
5 to 6 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 cup milk, scalded
1/3 cup melted shortening
3/8 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
5 to 6 cups flour
Ingredients
2 packages of dry yeast, or two cakes of yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup lukewarm water
2 cups milk, scalded
2/3 cup melted shortening
3/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons salt
2 beaten eggs
10 to 11 cups flour
1/2 recipe:
1 package of yeast
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 cup milk, scalded
1/3 cup melted shortening
3/8 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
5 to 6 cups flour
Method
Soften yeast and dissolve sugar in water – add milk. Cool to lukewarm, add shortening, sugar, and salt. {?} egg, beat well and add flour to make a soft dough. Let stand ten minutes – kneed down and put in a greased bowl and set in the refrigerator. Take out 2 hours before baking and make rolls.
Bake.
