Elephant Ears
Ingredients
- ½ cup scalded milk
- 2 tbsp shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 pkg yeast
- ¼ cup warm water not hot
- 2 egg yolks or 1 egg
- 2½ cups flour
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Mix together with the milk; shortening, ¼ cup sugar, and salt, cool to lukewarm.
- Soften yeast in water, add to milk mixture, and stir in egg.
- Add flour all at once, the dough will be real stiff and should be worked until smooth.
- Turn unto a floured board for about 10 minutes.
- Mix together 1¾ cups sugar with cinnamon.
- Roll dough into a rectangle, brush with melted butter, sprinkle on sugar mixture, roll and seal edges.
- Cut into slices 1 inch thick, work with one slice at a time, put generous amounts of sugar mixture on board and roll until flat and 5-6 inches in diameter.
- Let rise 30 minutes, Bake at 300° for 15-18 minutes.