Grandma Baker's Rolls

2 pkg. active dry yeast
3 eggs
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
4 1/2 cups flour (plus extra)
1 cup warm milk
1/2 cup butter

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Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.  Set aside.  Beat 3 eggs in a large bowl.  Add shortening, sugar, salt, and 1 cup flour.  Mix well.  Add yeast mixture and mix.  Add 1 more cup flour and mix.  Add 1 cup warm milk and mix well.  Add about 2 1/2 cups more flour and mix well.

Let rise about 1 hour in a warm place (cover bowl with tea towel)  Punch down.

Melt butter.  
Roll out dough (half a time). Cut out circles with a floured cookie cutter or rim of a glass.
Take a dough circle and lightly stretch into an oval shape. Dip bottom half in melted butter, place on greased cookie sheet, and fold in half.  Push an indent into the dough to keep the fold together.
Repeat process until all the dough is used.

Let rise for 1/2 an hour.   Bake for 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees F.