Light Rolls

From Great-Grandma's recipe collection.

1 cake yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1/4 sugar
1/4 butter
1 tsp salt
1 cup scalded milk
1 egg
4 cups sifted flour

Soften yeast in water and 1/2 tsp sugar. Add butter and the rest of the sugar and salt to the hot milk. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Cool, add eggs and yeast. Stir flour into the liquid ingredients until mixed. Turn out into lightly floured board. Knead quickly. Form into smooth ball. Grease in a bowl, let rise for one hour. Knead again, shape into rolls. Place in greased pan, let rise another hour in a warm place. Bake 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.