Mom's traditional holiday rolls

A turkey dinner is not a 'real' holiday meal without these rolls!

2 cups warm water
2 pkg dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1 tsp salt
6-7 cups of flour

-pour warm water into a large mixing bowl
-Sprinkle in yeast and stir until dissolved
-Add sugar, shortening, egg, salt and half of the flour
-beat with a wooden spoon until smooth
-Add remamining flour a cup at a time until the dough is easy to handle
-place dough into a grease bowl and rub shortening on ball of dough
-refrigerate over night
-Grease all muffin tins with shortening
-Form 3/4 in balls and placd 3 balls into each greased muffin tin
-mix egg yolk and 2T water and brush tops
-cover with light towel or foil and place in warm area of the kitchen until dough doubles in size
-Bake at 400 deg for 12 minutes

makes 24 rolls


NOTES:
-make sure to cover hands with shortening or flour when rolling ball, the dough is very sticky

(original recipe received from my Mom....it came from a recipe booklet that came with one of the ingredients (don't remember which one) back in the late 60's, early 70's.)