Clover Rolls

My Grandma Isom used to make these around the holidays and occassionally for Sunday dinner.  They're easy to make, minimal kneading and they look cute! You'll probably get about two dozen (give or take) out of this recipe. 

Here we go....

4 cups of milk
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of vegetable oil
9 cups of flour
2 packages (4 1/2 tsp) of active dry yeast
1 heaping tsp of baking powder
1 scant tsp baking soda
2 Tblsp salt

Pour 4 cups of milk into a stock pot.  Add one cup of sugar and 1 cup of vegetable oil.  Stir to combine.  On medium heat bring the mixture just below a boil.

Before the mixture boils, turn off the heat. Let it rest and cool for about 20 minutes. When the mixture has cooled to lukewarm, add in 4 cups of flour and the yeast.  After the yeast and flour are well incorporated, add another 4 cups of flour.  Stir together and allow to sit, covered with a towel for an hour.  After about an hour it should have almost doubled.  If it hasn't changed much, put it in the oven on WARM for about 45 minutes.  When the dough has doubled, add another cup of flour, the baking powder, basking soda and the salt.  Knead into the dough until well combined.

Butter 1 or 2 muffing tins.  Taking small piece of dough, roll them into balls about the size of walnuts, add three of these walnut sized dough balls into the muffin cup so that they resemeble a clover leaf.  When all your muffin cups are full, cover with a towel and allow to rise for 1-2 hours, or again, you can add these into your warmed oven if you want to expedite the rising time. 

Bake at 400 until golden on top, for about 20 minutes.