Kittencal's Soft Tender Crescent Rolls

One of the best recipes for crescent rolls! ---i have made this dough using *all* butter in place of shortening and it was just *not* as good, although you could use 1/4 cup of each of shortening and butter if desired --- you could use two eggs for this recipe, but i find that the dough just takes forever to rise and using one egg is just as good :)

Steps

Heat the milk , crisco , sugar and salt on top of stove until fairly warm remove from heat and cool until warm but not hot.

Warm egg slightly in warm water to bring to room temperature only.

When milk is still warm but not hot , place 3-1 / 2 cups flour in the kitchen aid stainless steel mixing bowl bowl with room temp egg and cooled milk / butter mixture , mix , cover with a towel to keep all ingredients warm while proofing yeast.

Proof yeast in water with 1 tsp sugar for 10 minutes until foamy , then add to bowl.

Start mixing / kneading (adding more flour until a smooth semi-sticky dough is formed (knead for about 8-10 minutes on the heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with a kneader blade.

Remove the dough and let stand covered with a clean dish towel for 10 minutes.

Gather up dough and knead gently for a couple of times , then form into a ball.

Place dough into a well greased bowl.

Cover and rise for 1 - 1-1 / 2 hours.

Punch down dough.

Divide dough into two or three balls , .

Ingredients

milk, butter flavor crisco, salt, sugar, egg, yeast, water, all-purpose flour, butter