Fabulous Overnight Rolls

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees)
• 4 cups unbleached flour (i use all purpose)
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 -3 tablespoons oil, approximately (i use canola)
• 1/4-1/2 cup melted butter (approximately)

Recipe

• 1 *prepare the night before:.
• 2 heat milk, butter, sugar and salt in saucepan, just until butter melts; remove from heat and cool slightly. (85 degrees).
• 3 dissolve yeast in warm water (110 degrees) in large bowl of electric mixer.
• 4 when milk mixture is lukewarm (85 degrees), beat into yeast.
• 5 add 2 cups flour and beat at slow, then medium speed 2 minutes. (there should be no lumps.)
• 6 beat in eggs; when well blended, stop mixer and scrape down beaters and bowl.
• 7 slowly add 1 cup flour, beating at low speed 2 minutes.
• 8 remove beaters, stir in 3/4 cup flour and beat with wooden spoon until dough is smooth and elastic.
• 9 oil a large bowl and turn dough into it, leaving room for expansion; brush top with oil and cover with plastic (wrap airtight).
• 10 refrigerate up to 2 days, punching down whenever double in bulk (about every 9-10 hours).
• 11 shaping: remove from refrigerator 2 1/2 to 3 hours before shaping.
• 12 punch dough down and beat out all air bubbles by kneading.
• 13 divide dough in 4 equal pieces. sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup flour on board and roll each piece into a circle 1/8 thick.
• 14 brush with melted butter, then cut each circle in about 8 wedges; roll each up from wide to narrow end to form a crescent.
• 15 arrange crescents on lightly oiled (i use pam) baking sheets, allowing room for rolls to triple in size. brush with more melted butter, cover with plastic and set in a warm place to rise (about 1 hour).
• 16 bake in preheated 400 degree oven about 10 to 12 minutes, or until pale gold.
• 17 remove to racks to cool.
• 18 when cool, you can bag them airtight and refrigerate or freeze.