Pani Popo (Samoan Rolls)

Ingredients

• •5 3/4 to 6 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• •1 package yeast
• •2 1/4 cups milk
• •2 tablespoons milk
• •1 tablespoon sugar
• •1 tablespoon shortening, margarine, or butter
• •1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. 1Mix 2 1/2 cups of flour and yeast.
2. 2In a saucepan heat and stir milk; sugar; shortening, margarine, or butter; and salt until warm and shortening almost melts. Add to flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.
3. 3Using a spoon, stir in as much remaining flour as you can to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and easy to pull. This takes about 6 to 8 minutes.
4. 4Put some Crisco shortening on your hands. This will add moisture to your rolls and make them easier to handle. Shape in a ball and put in a greased bowl.
5. 5Turn it on both sides to grease the whole ball of dough. Cover and let rise in the oven on the top rack and below it in a pan with some hot water for about 45 minutes. The steam from the hot water will help it to rise. Punch dough down.
6. 6Roll 18 balls and cover for 10 minutes while you make the following milk mixture: mix 2 cans of coconut milk with 1 cup of sugar. Add more sugar if you like it sweeter. In 2 13 by 9 by 2-inch pans, pour in half of the milk mixture in each pan, put in 9 bread rolls on top.
7. 7Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes or until bread tests done.