Grandma's Cinnamon Buns


1/4 lb. butter
4 heaping cups flour
1 c. milk
1 tsp. salt 3 eggs
3/4 c. sugar
1 pkg. yeast
1/2 c. warm water

Day Before:
Melt butter, add milk, sift flour, add salt,
eggs, yeast (which has been diluted in warm water),
butter, and milk, sugar, etc.
Mix to proper consistency (which means you add flour
until you can just about handle the dough-it should
be pretty sticky--and set away, warmly covered, to raise.

Next AM:
Flour board. Take part of dough at a time and
knead again (slightly). Roll out to about ¼" thickness.
Cover with plenty of melted butter, cinnamon and
sugar mixture, and raising.
(Also nuts if desired but not necessary).
Roll; cut into 2" sections.
Cover bottom of baking pan with
plenty of brown sugar and butter.
Stand sections of this on end, close together,
until pan is filled. Stand away to rise until
dough reaches top of pan. Pan should be 3-4" high.
Bake for nearly one hour in slow oven.
(Heat oven first until very hot and then turn down to slow oven.)