Virginia Clise Bread Recipe

Virginia Clise Bread

Recipe by: Tammy M Curry

"These are by far the best rolls I've ever had! My neighbor's mom makes these and passed the recipe along. They are scrumptious! This recipe makes a lot of rolls. You can freeze the dough after forming it into rolls."

Directions

In a large bowl, stir yeast into 1 cup warm water to dissolve. Stir in 1/4 cup sugar. In a separate large bowl, stir salt into 5 cups warm water to dissolve; stir in shortening and remaining 1/4 cup sugar. After yeast foams, stir salt mixture into yeast mixture.
Mix in the 1/2 of the flour, and then mix in remaining flour 2 cups at a time, beating well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic.
Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
Form the dough into approximately 30 to 40 rounds. Place on lightly greased baking sheets. Cover the rolls with a damp cloth, and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bake rolls in preheated oven 15 to 20 minutes, or until brown. Serve warm.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 263 calories; 5.7 46 6.1 0 119 Full nutrition

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24 Ratings

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Kristie Ann
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- 30

11/26/2008

Yes! Very yummy and easy to work with. I've made them according to the recipe and also with a couple of substitutions. I liked them better with melted butter in place of the crisco. A couple of ...

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DRCOX
- 173
- 87

1/21/2010

These are dense, and quite bland. But oddly, the taste grows on you after that first bite... I think this might be better toasted, after being made in a loaf perhaps...

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Kristie Ann
- 226
- 30

11/26/2008

Yes! Very yummy and easy to work with. I've made them according to the recipe and also with a couple of substitutions. I liked them better with melted butter in place of the crisco. A couple of ...

mommy2ash
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- 1

3/2/2008

I just got done making a batch. I made exactly 40 but froze all but 7.. I would suggest making them smaller because 7 took up an entire cookie sheet... if I'd known how much they would rise I wo...

Kim Tymecki
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- 35

1/19/2007

These are delish, and very VERY forgiving. Let me start by saying this is a LOT of dough. I recommend halving this recipe unless you have enough counter space for 40 LARGE rolls. Once they ris...

Barbara Loudy
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- 14

11/20/2007

Ok.....I loved this bread but found it to be very expensive....burned up my stand mixer making it : (. Mine was a sunbeam and did not survive. Guess I'll have to go for a higher quality mixer....

apurpleocean
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- 18

10/14/2009

scaled this down to a fourt. used 2 tsp of yeast. 1 1/2 cups water,1/8 cup sugar, 1/4 cup shortening. 1/2 tsp salt. and 3 1/2 cups flour. if it's too sticky just add in a little more so it's wor...

Kimberly Chadwick Baum
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- 18

9/30/2007

This recipe is incredible! It is very forgiving and it makes a ton of dough. When I half the recipe it still makes two dozen large dinner rolls. These are super simple dinner rolls to make and t...

MessyCook
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- 25

6/12/2011

First of all - yum! I scaled down the recipe quite a bit - yielding exactly 12 rolls. I followed the measuring instructions of another reviewer who scaled it down as well, turned out fabulous. T...

Tammy M Curry
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5/16/2007

Well I put the recipe on here, but I have to rate it 5*****. This recipe is fabulous!! It does make a lot of dough, so be prepared for that. However, these rolls are one of a kind. Enjoy!

Trisha Wilmoth
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3/7/2010

I just pulled these out of the oven, they turned out FANTASTIC! I will be using this recipe again.

Virginia Clise Bread

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