Gamama Rolls

My great-grandmother’s recipe. Great-Grandma…Gamama…get it? Well, that’s what we called her. It’s the potatoes that take these rolls from ordinary to extraordinary. Their dense and slightly dough. They soak up butter perfectly. DEFINITELY eat them warm.

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Serving Size: 30 rolls

Chef: Nellie Story

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Gamama Rolls

A dense, buttery rolls.

Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 30 MinInactive time: 3 HourTotal time: 4 Hour

Ingredients

• 1 cup mashed potatoes
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup scalded milk
• 1 package Fleischman's yeast
• 1/2 cup lukewarm water
• 1 beaten egg
• 6 cups flour

Instructions

1. Cream potatoes, shortening, sugar and salt.
2. Add scalded milk and cool.
3. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and add with beaten egg to first mixture.
4. Stir in flour & knead. Let rise until about double in bulk.
5. Knead, roll out, and cut out rolls with round cutter.
6. Spread soft or melted butter on half roll, fold other half over buttered side. Let rise.
7. Bake at 350°F for 14-20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

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