Basic Dinner/Orange Rolls

2 cups milk, scalded
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
3 teaspoons salt
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 packages yeast
1/4 cup warm water
4 cups flour (or more)

Scald milk and sugar, oil and salt and stir well.
Add two cups flour and stir well. Dissolve yeast in water and add after 2 eggs have been added and stirred in.
Add remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Let rise in warm place. Roll into desired shapes and let rise 1 to 2 hours more and bake at 400' for 10 to 12 minutes.
Orange rolls: Use recipe above and after the dough has risen first time, roll into wedges and roll up from large edge to point. Let rise, then bake as above. After baked and still warm, spread with orange glaze.
Orange filling: Add 3/4 cup sugar to 1 square margarine and mix 1 grated peel of one orange. Mix well.
Orange glaze: To 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, add juice from 1 orange to make thin mixture and glaze rolls.

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