½cupsalted butter (1 stick), melted(plus more for brushing baked rolls with)
1 ½cupsvery warm water
Instructions
Place sugar, salt, 2 cups of flour, and yeast in a large mixing bowl.
Cut in shortening with a long tined fork or pastry cutter.
Add eggs, beating lightly with fork before stirring them in.
Add remaining flour, melted butter, and water.
Stir together well. Mixture will look like a lumpy blob.
Cover with a dish towel and let sit in a warm place for twenty minutes.
After twenty minutes, turn dough out onto a floured surface.
Sprinkle flour over the top and knead three or four times.
Pat out into a square that is about 3/4 inch thick.
Cut into squares with a pizza cutter.
Place squares into a greased 9"×13" pan and cover with clean kitchen towel.
Let rise in a warm place for another twenty minutes.
Take the pan out of the oven (if you are using the oven to let the bread rise) after it has risen and then preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
Bake at 350F for about 25 minutes, or until tops are golden. Brush rolls with melted butter.
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Notes
To help with rising, I will heat my oven to 125F degrees. Once it reaches that temperature, I turn it off and then put the covered bowl (oven safe, of course) into the oven to let it rise.