Perfect Dinner/Cinnamon Rolls

2 Tbls yeast

1/2 C warm water
2 C scalded milk

1/2 C sugar

1/2 C shortening

2 tsp salt

7 C flour

2 eggs

In a small bowl, add yeast and the warm water, set aside. In a large bowl, combine sugar, shortening, salt and scalded milk. Add 3 cups of flour. Stir with a good wooden spoon (recipe says that, but I have used my mixer and it’s OK). In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs, then add them to the large bowl. Mix well again. Add yeast. Add 4 more cups of flour and knead about 5 minutes with your hands. If dough is too sticky, add a little more flour. Place dough back into bowl and cover with a dishtowel. Let it rise for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Separate the raised dough into two equal parts. Roll out the dough like a round pizza (about 16”). Take a pizza cutter or knife and cut the dough into triangular pizza wedges until you have 16 triangle shapes. Start at the large end and roll the dough into crescent roll shapes. Place the roll crescents on a cookie sheet. Repeat with the second ball of dough. Cover again with the dish towel and let raise another 1 hour 15 minutes. Bake raised rolls at 350 for 16-18 minutes. This dough can be used for pizza, calzones or regular rolls.