mix well. Add scalded milk, cold water, and beaten eggs; mix about 1 minute, or until well combined. Stir in dissolved yeast. Add flour. Mix four minutes.
For instant yeast: In mixing bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon yeast, sugar, and salt; mix well. Add shortening, eggs, scalded milk, and 3/4 cup hot water; mix 2 minutes. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups flour; mix 2 minutes more. (This is a “batter” roll rather than a “dough” roll. Batter will be soft.)
When ingredients are combined, cover bowl; let batter rise in warm place 45 to 60 minutes, or until doubled in size. Stir batter down. Spoon into greased muffin tins, filling 18 muffin cups about 2/3 full. Cover; let rise an additional 45 to 60 minutes, or until double in size.
Bake at 400 degrees 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Makes 18 rolls.
*Evaporated milk may be substituted for scalded milk.
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup raspberry jam
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Makes about 3/4 cup.
Chapter 4
Sadie had almost forgotten about the investigation, and neither she nor Caro answered Tess immediately. Not seeming to notice their hesitation, Tess turned toward Caro and continued. “Remember that list we made of people who could be good sources of information? Well, you’ll never guess who’s in town and possibly available for an interview. I almost didn’t put her on the list because I thought it was such a long shot.”
Suddenly the ice cream wasn’t quite so delicious. Sadie put down her spoon.
“Uh, who?” Caro asked. Sadie lamented the missed opportunity to let Tess down from the start.
“Lori Hendricks,” Tess said. She looked back and forth between Sadie and Caro, her eyes showing that this name should mean something to them. “Dr. H’s ex-wife. Nikki’s ward is hosting the memorial luncheon and Lori’s helping with it.”
“Ward?” Sadie couldn’t help but ask. “Who’s Nikki?”
“Oh, uh, a ward is what we call a Mormon congregation,” Tess said.
“Nikki Waters is Dr. Waters’s wife,” Caro said, turning to Sadie. “He and Dr. Hendricks were partners at the clinic and the foundation.”
“That’s sure nice of Nikki’s congregation to head up the luncheon,” Sadie said.
“Mormons do that kind of thing all the time, and Dr. H was a member of the Church, just not active.” Tess leaned closer to Caro and Sadie. “But the fascinating part is that Lori’s helping with the luncheon. She’ll even be at the church tonight. So I told Nikki we’d love to help set up. It might create an opportunity to talk to Lori, right? And maybe Nikki, too.”
“Uh,” Caro stalled, shooting a look at Sadie.
Tess continued, still not properly interpreting the lack of response to her enthusiasm. “Lori’s son, Joey, was in Ryan’s first grade class—that was before Lori and Dr. H divorced—and Lori and I did an art council fund-raiser together. It’s that whole foot-in-the-door thing you were talking about, Caro, you know? I’m still friends with her on Facebook and now she’s in town. Isn’t that great?”
“Well,” Caro started. “I’m not—”
“And I told Nikki about the scrapbook idea and she loved it. She’s going to talk to Dr. Waters about sharing some of his memories for it.”
When neither Sadie nor Caro made any comment, Tess sat back in her chair a little and drew her eyebrows together, finally recognizing that something was wrong. “Why aren’t you excited about this?”
“Actually,” Caro said slowly, saving Sadie the trouble of bursting Tess’s balloon of anticipation. “There’s been a bit of a change of plans.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I talked to Sadie,” she motioned toward Sadie, and Sadie tried not to shrink back when Tess turned her confused look in her direction. “And she thought that we should turn the pictures over to the police and let them follow the leads. Ya know, since they’re already involved and everything.
For instant yeast: In mixing bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon yeast, sugar, and salt; mix well. Add shortening, eggs, scalded milk, and 3/4 cup hot water; mix 2 minutes. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups flour; mix 2 minutes more. (This is a “batter” roll rather than a “dough” roll. Batter will be soft.)
When ingredients are combined, cover bowl; let batter rise in warm place 45 to 60 minutes, or until doubled in size. Stir batter down. Spoon into greased muffin tins, filling 18 muffin cups about 2/3 full. Cover; let rise an additional 45 to 60 minutes, or until double in size.
Bake at 400 degrees 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Makes 18 rolls.
*Evaporated milk may be substituted for scalded milk.
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup raspberry jam
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Makes about 3/4 cup.
Chapter 4
Sadie had almost forgotten about the investigation, and neither she nor Caro answered Tess immediately. Not seeming to notice their hesitation, Tess turned toward Caro and continued. “Remember that list we made of people who could be good sources of information? Well, you’ll never guess who’s in town and possibly available for an interview. I almost didn’t put her on the list because I thought it was such a long shot.”
Suddenly the ice cream wasn’t quite so delicious. Sadie put down her spoon.
“Uh, who?” Caro asked. Sadie lamented the missed opportunity to let Tess down from the start.
“Lori Hendricks,” Tess said. She looked back and forth between Sadie and Caro, her eyes showing that this name should mean something to them. “Dr. H’s ex-wife. Nikki’s ward is hosting the memorial luncheon and Lori’s helping with it.”
“Ward?” Sadie couldn’t help but ask. “Who’s Nikki?”
“Oh, uh, a ward is what we call a Mormon congregation,” Tess said.
“Nikki Waters is Dr. Waters’s wife,” Caro said, turning to Sadie. “He and Dr. Hendricks were partners at the clinic and the foundation.”
“That’s sure nice of Nikki’s congregation to head up the luncheon,” Sadie said.
“Mormons do that kind of thing all the time, and Dr. H was a member of the Church, just not active.” Tess leaned closer to Caro and Sadie. “But the fascinating part is that Lori’s helping with the luncheon. She’ll even be at the church tonight. So I told Nikki we’d love to help set up. It might create an opportunity to talk to Lori, right? And maybe Nikki, too.”
“Uh,” Caro stalled, shooting a look at Sadie.
Tess continued, still not properly interpreting the lack of response to her enthusiasm. “Lori’s son, Joey, was in Ryan’s first grade class—that was before Lori and Dr. H divorced—and Lori and I did an art council fund-raiser together. It’s that whole foot-in-the-door thing you were talking about, Caro, you know? I’m still friends with her on Facebook and now she’s in town. Isn’t that great?”
“Well,” Caro started. “I’m not—”
“And I told Nikki about the scrapbook idea and she loved it. She’s going to talk to Dr. Waters about sharing some of his memories for it.”
When neither Sadie nor Caro made any comment, Tess sat back in her chair a little and drew her eyebrows together, finally recognizing that something was wrong. “Why aren’t you excited about this?”
“Actually,” Caro said slowly, saving Sadie the trouble of bursting Tess’s balloon of anticipation. “There’s been a bit of a change of plans.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I talked to Sadie,” she motioned toward Sadie, and Sadie tried not to shrink back when Tess turned her confused look in her direction. “And she thought that we should turn the pictures over to the police and let them follow the leads. Ya know, since they’re already involved and everything.
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