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Buns  
Olive Jacobson--recipe from her mom, Gladys Nelson  
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quart milk or 2 c. milk + 2 c. water  
½ cup oil  
5 cups flour  
1 or 2 eggs can be added  
6 cups flour  
packages yeast  
teaspoon sugar  
cup white sugar  
tablespoons salt  
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quart of milk or 2 cups milk and 2 cups water warmed to luke warm. Dissolve yeast in  
small amount of warm water and 1 tsp. sugar. Add yeast to milk mixture. Also add 1 cup  
white sugar, salt, and oil. Gradually add 5 cups flour, mixing well. Let mixture raise until  
bubbly. (1 or 2 eggs can be added now.) Add 6 more cups flour. Mix well and knead. Let  
raise until doubled. Punch down dough and let raise again. Buns can then be formed and  
placed on cookie sheets. When doubled in size they should be baked in a 350º to 375º oven  
for 15-17 minutes. This recipe can be used for making caramel rolls also.  
White Bread  
Olive Jacobson--recipe from her mom, Gladys Nelson  
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cups milk  
flour  
tablespoons shortening  
teaspoons salt  
tablespoons sugar  
cups water  
2 packages yeast  
½ cup warm water  
1 teaspoon sugar  
Scald milk and pour over shortening, salt, and 2 T sugar. Add 3 cups water to make mixture  
lukewarm. Beat in flour to make a thick sponge. Add yeast dissolved in ½ cup warm water  
and 1 tsp. sugar. Mix well. Let rest until sponge mixture becomes bubbly, about 20 minutes.  
Add flour and knead until dough is no longer sticky and is firm. (Mom didn't give the amount  
of flour.) Let mixture rest and knead down 2 or 3 times at 20 minute intervals. Turn into large  
greased container. Let raise in warm place until double in size. Knead down again. Divide  
the dough into 5 equal parts, form into loaves and put into greased bread pans. Let raise until  
double in size. Bake at 375º for 20 minutes, then turn heat to 350º and bake 25 minutes  
longer.  
Easy Caramel Rolls  
Mueller Family  
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6 frozen cinnamon rolls  
cup brown sugar  
1 stick margarine  
1 cup vanilla ice cream  
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cup white sugar  
Melt sugars, margarine and ice cream in 9 x 13 pan on stovetop, mixing together. Arrange  
frozen rolls in warm sauce. Preheat oven to 200º and turn off. Let rolls rise in oven until  
double in size. Bake 30 minutes at 350º. Cool 5 min. in pan, then invert. Can be made in  
two round cake pans. We use this sauce for rolls with homemade or bread machine bread  
dough too.  
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