Double Quick Dinner Rolls
For Hamburger buns: Increase flour to 2 3/4 cups. After stirring down batter, divide into 8 equal parts. Shape each part into a smooth ball with lightly greased fingers. Place about 1 inch apart on greased baking sheet. Let rise until double, 20-30 minutes. Beat 1 egg yolk and 1 T. water slightly and brush over buns.
Bake at 400 for about 15 minutes. These will be very large hamburger buns. If you want smaller ones, divide into 12 parts.
1 package dry yeast
1 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 T. sugar
1 t. salt
1 egg
2 T. shortening
2 1/4 cups flour, unbleached
Dissolve yeast in warm water in large mixing bowl (or food processor). Add sugar, salt, egg, shortening and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remining flour; continue stirring until smooth. It will pour and be very gooey and sticky (like cake batter). Scrape batter from side of bowl; cover.
Let rise in warm place until double aoubt 30 minutes. Spoon into 8 greased large muffin tins, filling each about 1/2 full. Let rise until batter reaches top of tin, about 20-30 minutes. Bake 400 for 15 minutes.