Rea'S 3 Hour Buns

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 Tbsp. oil
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 pkgs. or 2 rounded Tbsp. quick rising yeast
• 3 cups very warm water (not Hot)
• 2 eggs - fork beaten
• 8 1/2 - 9 cups flour

1. Preheat oven to 100 degrees then turn off (this is for the rise)
2. Combine first 5 ingredients in very large bowl.
3. Mix well with fork.
4. Add beaten eggs and mix again.
5. Add enough flour to make dough soft.
6. Pat dough with small amount of oil on hands, cover and let rise in warm oven for 15 minutes
7. Punch down.
8. Repeat this three (3) times.
9. On the fourth rise, make into buns/bread/cinnamon buns (onto greased pans) and let rise 40-45 minutes.
10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
11. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, depending on buns/bread until tops golden brown.
12. Upon removal of oven, brush tops with margarine.
13. Makes 2 loafs of bread, 1 cinnamon round and 1/2 dozen buns.
14. Note: to make cinnamon buns: roll out into rectangle, spread with butter, sprinkle generously with brown sugar and end with cinnamon - roll up, slice about 1" thick and put in greased pan. When cool, spread with cream cheese icing or thick mixture of milk & icing sugar - enjoy!

sugar, oil, salt, yeast, very warm water, eggs, flour

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/reas-3-hour-buns-51490621 (may not work)