Just posting my recipe here for Lisa in Germany and for posterity.

1 cup milk

½ cup honey

½ cup (4 ounces) butter

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons sugar

2 pkgs. dry yeast

½ cup warm water, 110°F -115°F

2 eggs, lightly beaten

6 - 6½ cups flour

In a 2-cup measure, melt the butter, add milk, honey and salt. In a large mixing bowl, combine the water, yeast and sugar, if using the latter. Allow yeast to dissolve 7-8 minutes. Add milk mixture to yeast mixture, stir. Add 4 cups flour, beat well. Add enough of the remaining flour to make a soft, but not sticky dough.

Place dough in large, greased bowl, turning to coat both sides. Cover and allow to rise about 1 hour.

Punch down. Let it rise again. Knead briefly and shape into rolls*

Allow to rise 1 hour more, or until doubled in size. Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake rolls 25 minutes or until golden. For softer rolls, I always butter the tops, as soon as they come out of the oven. Makes 27-30 rolls.

*When I'm ready to roll them out, I scoop the dough out with a medium ice cream scoop (#24 makes a standard size roll), to keep them uniform in size.

Sol