Rice Rolls

Rice Rolls
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1 cup cooked & cooled rice (fluffed with a fork)
1/4 cup warm to the touch water (110 F, for the exact among us)
2 or 3 tsp of sugar
2 packs dry yeast
2 cups warm to the touch milk (110 F again)
6 Tbs sugar
4 cups flour
6 Tbs soft butter
3 tsp salt
4 cups flour

Pour 1/4 cup warm water into mixing bowl.  Swish in yeast and add 2 tsp (or 3 tsp) of sugar.  Toss in 1 hand full of flour to cover the top of the liquid and cover the bowl for a towel for 5 to 8 minutes.  When the mix foams, add warm milk, 6 Tbs sugar, and 4 cups flour to the mix.  Mix until it reaches the "self cleaning" stage aka when the dough begins to clean itself off the sides of the bowl.  Put 1 cup flour on the counter top.  Empty the dough out on to the floured work surface and kneed it until all sides are smooth and you've made a puffy ball.  Oil the ball and cover it with a towel.  Allow it to rise until it doubles in size (about an hour), then kneed some more.  When the dough is smooth, shape into desired shape and put into oiled pans.  Oil tops, cover with towel and let it rise in the pans.  Bake at 325 F for 8 to 10 minutes. Butter the rolls as they come out of the oven. Cool them on racks and enjoy!

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Rice.  You can use it for anything.  While it may seem odd to have rice as a major component in a dinner roll you'll forget all about tradition when you taste them.  They're super sweet with all the sugar and milk, and they're best lukewarm.  You can serve them as you would a dinner roll.  Butter, honey, and all manner of jams and jelly compliment them.  I like them plain. 

I copied this recipe word for word from an old scrap of paper found at my father's house.  I don't think Mom wrote this recipe, but she must have experimented with it to come up with the very specific instructions.  Several of the recipes I intend to scribe into this blog have notes written in the margins.  I suspect wherever the original recipe is, it had so many notes written around it that she decided to write it down herself. 

Enjoy!