Tricia's Week 42 Recipe: clover leaf rolls

I have made bread, but never rolls, so I decided to make rolls.  I found this recipe, but didn't want 24 rolls, so I made 12 rolls and did the rest as a loaf of bread.  That worked well, actually, though the bread was a bit heavier than normal:

Cloverleafs:
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp salt
3 tbsp butter
3 packages yeast
1.5 cups warm water (105-115)
5-6 cups flour

Heat milk, sugar, salt and butter in small sauce pan until salt and sugar are dissolved, remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.  Add yeast to water and dissolve.  Mix these two liquid mixtures with flour in mixer on speed 2 w/ dough hook until mixed, then kneed for at least 2 minutes more.   Cover, rise for 15 minutes.  Break into 24 pieces (or 12 and roll the rest like a loaf of bread).  place in greased muffin pan the pieces, and greased loaf pan the loaf.  With scissors cut each ball in half then quarters.  Let rise again about 15 minutes.  Bake at 425 for 12 minutes.  Remove and cool on racks

I need more skill at cutting my cloverleafs.  Mine turned out like upside down tables, but they were sure tasty!