Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Learning new things.............

I learned how to make rolls last week with my friends Tamra and Wendy. We had decided to get together each month and share a talent with each other. Wendy shared with us her family roll recipe. I love these rolls and it is so fun to make them and deliver them to friends- people literally freak out over homemade rolls. I will say it was rather time consuming but I loved every minute of it. The next day I decided to make some in my kitchen only I had three extra kids playing at my house and I ended up spilling half of a Sam's club size of vegetable oil all over my kitchen floor (anyone who has ever had to clean an oil spill is feeling for me right now I am sure) I decided that you should only make these rolls when you can focus and there isn't much chaos surrounding you! Here is the recipe:






  • 4 c. scalded milk (heat milk in a saucepan until it is super hot)

  • 1 c. sugar

  • 1 c. oil (careful on this one- ha)

  • 4 eggs

  • 1T. salt

  • 3 pkg of yeast

  • *mix together sugar, oil, eggs, salt and milk

  • stir in yeast

  • add 5 c. of flour- mix and let sit until it is bubbly

  • add 5 more cups of flour

  • Knead dough

  • scrape out of bowl

  • oil bowl

  • place kneaded dough back into bowl and let it rise

  • punch it out and knead

  • let it rise a second time

  • Divide dough into 4 balls

  • roll out each ball into a flat circle and spread butter on dough

  • using a pizza cutter cut 16 triangles (like you would with a pizza

  • starting with the wide end of the triangle roll it like a croissant and place on an ungreased cookie sheet

  • Bake at 350 for around 20 minutes
Your first pan will get eaten that day believe me. This recipe makes enough to give some to neighbors and friends. I really enjoyed this process- in a way it is really relaxing to make things from scratch.




The finished result should look like this:



1 comment:

Molly said...

I made these and they are yummy! Only...it was my first time making rolls ever and I used whole wheat flour and olive oil, both thinks I think Ill skip next time ha ha but they still turned out good and looked amazing! Thank you for the post!