BUTTERMILK ROLLS

2 yeast cakes
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups buttermilk, lukewarm
1/2 cup shortening, melted
5 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup poppy seeds

Crumble yeast cakes into bowl. Add sugar, buttermilk, stirring until dissolved. Stir in butter. Mix and sift flour, salt and baking soda. Stir into first mixture. Allow to rise in a warm place about 1/2 hour.

Shape as desired, brush with additional melted butter, sprinkle with poppy seeds and allow to rise again on greased pans until about double in bulk.

Bake about 20 minutes in hot oven preheated to 400 degrees F.

Makes about 2 dozen rolls
Source: Mrs. John Fox, Emerson Grange, Jefferson County, OH