Aunt Carole's Crescent Rolls

Aunt Carole's Crescent Rolls

Ingredients

• 2 packages quick-rise yeast
• 2 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 cup potato flakes
• 2/3 c sugar
• 2/3 c butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 6-7 cups all purpose flour

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix in large bowl 3 cups of flour, yeast, potato flakes, sugar, and salt.
3. In a different bowl/pan, combine water and butter and then heat (in microwave or on stove) until butter is melted. Butter-water combo needs to be 115 degrees (pretty much exactly) before proceeding.
4. Pour entire butter-water mixture into the flour mixture and immediately start blending (use bread hooks rather than regular beaters). Mix with bread hooks for three minutes, then add the two eggs and continue to beat until they are blended in.
5. Add more flour gradually, adding no more than you have to to create a very soft dough.
6. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and allow it to rest in a warm place for 20 minutes.
7. Divide in half, rolling out each half (on a lightly floured surface) into a circle about 14" across. Brush the two circles with melted butter, then cut each circle into wedges like a pizza.
8. Roll each wedge up, beginning at the wide end, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
   
9. Allow to rest for 17 minutes.
10. Bake for about 18 minutes or until they begin to turn golden brown.

Notes:

Altitude makes a big difference