Buttery Pull Apart Monkey Bread

Ingredients: 1 cup milk, scalded,1 cup mashed potatoes (about 2 servings of instant mashed potatoes),2/3 cup shortening,2/3 cup sugar,2 teaspoons salt,1 package yeast,1/2 cup lukewarm water,2 eggs,5 1/2 cups flour,2 sticks butter, melted
Instructions:

1. Combine scalded milk, mashed potatoes, shortening, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl and let stand until lukewarm.
2. Add one package of yeast (softened in 1/2 cup lukewarm water).
3. Add two well-beaten eggs and 1 1/2 cups flour. Beat well.
4. Add about four more cups of sifted flour to make stiff dough.
5. Put in a large greased bowl and turn so that all of the dough is greased.
6. Let rise at least two hours.
7. About 1 1/2 hours before serving, punch down and roll out dough.
8. Cut into walnut-sized squares and dip each into melted butter, then pile in fluted tube pan.
9. Pour remaining butter over top.
10. Let rise (about one hour) then bake 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees F (If crispier bread desired, cook at 400 degrees F)
11. Serve hot.

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