Harlow's Hot Rolls

The original Blonde Bombshell was known for a lot of things, but her cooking isn't really counted in the top ten. However, Harlow's Hot Rolls look like they'd be pretty tasty!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of warm milk
• 1/2 cup of butter and shortening, mixed
• 1/2 cup of warm water with 1 cake of compressed yeast
• 1 egg well beaten
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Enough flour to make soft dough.

1. Set four hours, after which roll to 1/4-inch thickness and cut with biscuit cutter.
2. Then brush with melted butter and put another biscuit on top and daub melted butter on top of that.
3. Let stand two hours and then place them in a hot oven for 10 minutes.

Now, I'm not a great cook by any means. I watch 'Food Network' a lot and I do have domestic leanings that cause me to put on an apron and bake. To me, this recipe isn't very explanatory. I have made biscuits from scratch before, so my alterations/best guesses as to what this means:

• The 'hot oven' temperature is 375 degrees.
• The amount of flour is at least 2 cups, maybe more. I don't think the rolls should be very sticky if you're rolling and cutting them out.
• The cup of warm water with the 1 cake of compressed yeast is about 2 1/2 teaspoons of yeast (the amount in one packet), and you let those sit together for about 10 minutes before adding it to the other ingredients.
• Mix all the ingredients together, then add the yeast water, then mix more; let sit for 4 hours to rise, kneading/punching it down on occasion.

I may have to experiment with this tonight and let you all know what I find!