Parker House Rolls

Recipes Ingredients:

1 Cake compressed yeast
3/4 c Lukewarm water
6 tb Sugar
3/4 c Milk, scalded and cooled
1 3/4 ts Salt
5 To 5 1/4 cups flour
1/4 c Melted shortening

Recipe Instructions:

Soften yeast in cooled milk. Add salt, shortening, sugar, and water. Add flour, a little at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Turn onto lightly floured board and knead until smooth. Cover with a warm, damp cloth. Let rise until double in bulk. Roll to 1/3 inch thickness. Cut in rounds 2 inches in diameter. Crease middle of each with dull edge of knife. Brush 1/2 lightly with Butter or Butter substitute. Fold over, pressing together with palm of the hand. Place close together in rows on well-oiled Baking sheet. Cover and let rise until treble in bulk. Bake in Hot Oven (450ø F) 15-18 minutes. 24 rolls. For Whole Wheat Parker House Rolls: Substitute whole wheat flour for 1/2 the white flour. Add sufficient white flour to make a dough just stiff enough to knead. The Household Searchlight ~ 1941