Gram's Roll Recipe (I grew up on these every holiday meal)

Note: it's also possible to make this dough in the food processor with dry 
yeast and without boiling water - warm water will do

1 cup crisco
1 cup sugar
1 cup boiling water
1 lg. or 2 sm. cakes yeast
1 cup cold water
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
7-8 cups flour

Put yeast cake in bowl with 1 cup cold water. Cream crisco and sugar, add 
boiling water. Then cool to lukewarm. Add the salt and sugar to the yeast and 
cold water and mix well, then mix into the crisco mixture. Beat eggs and add. 
Add the flour gradually - as much as you can with beater and then by hand. 
Knead until well blended and elastic. Let rise until double in bulk in warm 
room or overnight in cool room. Make up into desired shapes for plain or 
sweet rolls (see below) and let rise again. Bake in 400 degree oven until 
done.

These are refrigerator rolls and if a little is wanted at a time, the dough 
can be kept in the refrigerator. The above instructions are given if all the 
dough is to be used at one time.

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Sweet Rolls 

Roll dough to about 1/2 inch thickness and spread with melted butter, brown 
sugar and cinnamon. In round cake pan put melted butter or oleo and spread 
with brown sugar and add a little water. Roll up dough and slice and inch or 
more think. Put into the pan and let rise. Bake at 400 degrees.