GENUINE PARKER HOUSE ROLLS
- 3 tablespoonfuls butter,
- 1 teaspoonful salt,
- ½ cup lukewarm water,
- 1 yeast cake,
- 2 cups fresh milk,
- 1 tablespoonful sugar,
- Whites two eggs,
- 6 cups Gold Medal Flour.
Scald the milk and add to it the sugar, salt and butter. Let it stand until lukewarm then add three cups of flour and beat for five minutes. Add the dissolved yeast cake and let it stand until very light and frothy; then the remaining flour. Let it rise again until it is twice its original bulk, place on your molding board, knead lightly and roll into a sheet half an inch thick. Take a large biscuit cutter and cut the dough into rounds, brush with melted butter, fold over and press the edges together. Place in a buttered pan one inch apart. Let them rise until very light and bake in a hot oven 15 minutes.