A Closer Look at this Previously Featured Amish Recipe

1/2 cup lukewarm water

2 pkgs yeast

1 1/2 cup lukewarm milk

1/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons salt

1 cup flour, plus

1/4 cup shortening

1 egg beaten

1/2 cup sugar 

2 tablespoons cinnamon

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water.  Soak for five minutes.  Combine lukewarm milk, 1/4 cup sugar and salt.  Add 1 cup flour, shortening and beaten egg.  Continue to add flour until you get a soft dough.  Let rise for one hour.  Punch down and let rise again.  Mix 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.  roll dough into rectangle about 1/2 inch thick.  Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture and roll like a jelly roll.  Let rise again and bake at 350^o for about 30 minutes.