CRESCENT ROLL DOUGH (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• In bread machine:.
• Place ingredients in bread machine in above order and choose the dough cycle.
• Divide the dough in half.
• Roll each half into a 9" round circle.
• Spread some softened butter onto each circle (if desired) and cut each circle into 8 or 12 pie-shaped wedges, depending on the size of roll you want.
• Starting with the wide end, roll up each wedge.
• Place on greased baking pan, cover with a cloth and let stand for about 2 hours until roll has doubled in size.
• Bake at 375 for 12 minutes.
• Without bread machine:.
• In a large bowl, mix together yeast, milk and sugar. Let stand for 30 minutes.
• Mix eggs, butter and salt into yeast mixture.
• Mix in flour, 2 cups at a time.
• Cover with wax paper and let dough stand at room temperature overnight.
• In the morning, divide the dough in half.
• Roll each half into a 9" round circle.
• Spread cutter on circle and cut each round into 8 or 12 pie-shaped wedges.
• Roll up each wedge starting from wide end.
• Place on greased cookie sheets and let stand until ready to bake. Bake at 375 for 12 minutes.
• To freeze:.
• Roll up each wedge, place on a greased baking pan (cookie sheet) or on greased wax paper.
• Place pan in freezer for about an hour. When dough is frozen, put into freezer safe Ziplock bags.
• To bake, remove rolls from bag, place them on a greased baking pan to defrost and to give time to rise (about 2 hours). After dough has doubled, bake at 375 for 12 minutes.
• Preparation time does not allow the 1 1/2 hours dough cycle or 2 hours needed to rise.