Grandma's Old-Fashioned Yeast Rolls

Name: Grandma's Old-Fashioned Yeast Rolls
Total time: 160
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 2.5 cups warm water; 1.5 tablespoons active dry yeast; 0.5 cup white sugar; 1 tablespoon salt; 0.75 cup shortening (such as Crisco®); 7 cups all-purpose flour, divided, or more as needed; 0.5 cup butter, melted

Recipe by Asgard Ranch from allrecipes.com

Breakfast 3 Hr. 40 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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2.5 cups warm water
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1.5 tablespoons active dry yeast
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0.5 cup white sugar
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1 tablespoon salt

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0.75 cup shortening (such as Crisco®)
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7 cups all-purpose flour, divided, or more as needed
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0.5 cup butter, melted

Instructions

Dissolve yeast in warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Stir in sugar and salt until you see foam rising. Add 3 cups flour and 3/4 cup shortening; mix with the dough hook until the mixture is the consistency of a thick pancake batter.
Fill a pot with hot (not boiling) water.
Remove the mixer bowl and cover it with plastic wrap and a towel. Place the bowl over the pot of hot water, making sure the bottom does not touch the water. Let rise until doubled in size, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Place the bowl back on your stand mixer and gradually mix in remaining 4 cups flour until dough is smooth and elastic; you may need to add up to 1 additional cup.
Heavily grease two 9x13-inch glass pans with shortening.
Divide dough into 24 balls. Place 12 balls into each of the prepared pans; cover with plastic wrap and a towel. Let rise in a warm area until doubled in size, about 1 hour; balls will start out at about 1 1/2 inches in diameter but will rise and touch the sides of the pans.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Bake rolls in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush melted butter over top.