Rolls Recipe | Sweet Potato Crescent Rolls

These sweet potato crescent rolls are a family favorite, given to me by a very special friend!

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 1 (15 ounce) can sweet potatoes, drained
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 large egg
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 5 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• ¼ cup salted butter, melted

Cooking Directions

1. Place water in a large bowl. Add yeast and stir to dissolve. Let stand for 5 minutes.
2. Mash sweet potatoes in a small bowl, then add to yeast mixture with sugar, shortening, egg, and salt; beat with an electric mixer until combined. Beat in 3 cups flour, then add remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, until a stiff dough forms.
3. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, 6 to 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
4. Punch dough down and divide into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 12-inch circle, then cut each circle into 12 wedges. Brush wedges with melted butter and roll, starting from the wide ends, into crescent shapes. Place crescents, pointed-ends down, on greased baking sheets. Let rise until doubled in size, about 40 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
6. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

• calories125.5
• carbohydrateContent18.9 g
• cholesterolContent8.6 mg
• fatContent4.5 g
• fiberContent0.8 g
• proteinContent2.4 g
• saturatedFatContent1.6 g
• sodiumContent117.5 mg
• sugarContent3.5 g