Aunt Sarah's Rolls Recipe

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Aunt Sarah's Rolls
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Mix sugar, shortening, and salt (use cake beater attachment).
  2. Add one egg at a time, beat thoroughly until a smooth consistency.
  3. Separately mix 2 cups warm water and yeast, once dissolved in water add to above ingredients.
  4. Add 3 cups of flour.
  5. Switch to dough hook attachment add 4th cup of flour, should be sticky consistency.
  6. Add 5th cup of flour.
  7. Between the 6th and 7th cup of flour, stop adding flour when the dough comes cleanly away from walls of the bowl.
  8. Remove dough from bowl and form it into a ball - should be “smooth as a babies behind”.
  9. Place in buttered bowl and cover with plastic wrap or wax paper and place in refrigerator until double in bulk, which takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours minimum.
  10. Soften salted butter (start with half a stick).
  11. Roll out dough to about 1/2 inch height.
  12. On floured surface, use 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter or small glass and dip the cut out dough in butter, smooth out dough, fold in half and pinch the ends closed.
  13. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  14. Place in pan 1/2 inch apart. Leave in warm room and bake after rolls double in bulk.
  15. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until brown on top and slightly brown on bottom. Butter tops of rolls as soon as you remove from oven. Yields approximately 40 rolls.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1787.04 Kcal (7482 kJ)
Calories from fat 595.15 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 66.13g 102%
Cholesterol 81.84mg 27%
Sodium 6043.61mg 252%
Potassium 642.9mg 14%
Total Carbs 263.25g 88%
Sugars 14.7g 59%
Dietary Fiber 30.74g 123%
Protein 39.29g 79%
Iron 16.1mg 89%
Calcium 747.9mg 75%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 314.36 Kcal (1316 kJ)
Calories from fat 104.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.63g 102%
Cholesterol 14.4mg 27%
Sodium 1063.15mg 252%
Potassium 113.09mg 14%
Total Carbs 46.31g 88%
Sugars 2.59g 59%
Dietary Fiber 5.41g 123%
Protein 6.91g 79%
Iron 2.8mg 89%
Calcium 131.6mg 75%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 40.5
    Points
  • 47
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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