2 cakes or pkgs. yeast
1/4 c. lukewarm water
2 eggs, beaten
7 c. flour
2 c. boiling water
1/2 c. sugar
1 tbsp. salt
1/4 c. butter

Mix yeast in warm water. Set aside. Put 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 1/4 cup of butter in saucepan and bring to a boil. Set aside mixture until cooled to lukewarm.

Combine yeast mixture and eggs in large mixing bowl. Beat very little. Add the water mixture (make sure its cool) to the yeast mixture and beat for 1/2 minute. Start adding the flour a little at a time until the mixture becomes thick at which time I change to my dough hooks. If dough hooks are not available continue to use the mixer as long as possible. When you cannot use mixer any longer you will have to knead the remainder of flour into the dough until the dough will not take any more flour. I usually use all the flour until my hands will not stick to the dough.

Place the dough into a large bowl where it can be allowed to raise to about twice it size. Punch down and let it rise again to twice its size. Placing the dough in a warm place, quickens the rising.

After the second rising, take dough out of the bowl and cut into four even sections. Grease your counter or baking board with shortening so that the dough will not stick to the counter as you roll it out to about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Take a knife and cut the dough into six triangles pieces as you would cut a pie. Spread each section with melted butter and roll up into a roll starting at the widest part and ending at the point. Place on cookie sheet about 2-3 inches apart. Complete the remaining 3 sections as described above. Set in warm place until rolls rise to near double. Bake at 375 to 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

This recipe was shared with us by Sac-Fox Indians from the Oklahoma tribe. It took about 1 year to perfect the recipe because it had not been written down but passed from generation to generation. Leota, the Indian squaw, (which we were never allowed to call her) and I tried rolls many times before she would remember another part of the recipe that she had not remembered, or she wrote her grandmother to help her get the recipe correct.