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Roll update

Yea, we did it! Alli (dd, 15) and I baked fresh, made-from-scratch roles. My husband said they're not really made from scratch because I didn't grind the grain myself... phooey! I say they are made from scratch!

These tasted great. I made spaghetti for dinner, and just in case the roles didn't turn out well I heated up our regular frozen garlic bread to go with it. The garlic bread was passed over in favor of the rolls by everyone! Hubby also said the roles would be great with some honey butter like the kind they have for yeast roles in steak houses. Anyone know how to make or where to buy honey butter?

We followed Michelle's great tutorial almost exactly. I put the rolls in my electric oven with just the light on for the second rise. I'll have to remember that for other bread too, as it worked well.

The only thing we did differently was that we didn't bother to weigh out the dough when shaping the rolls. We did a "Rachel Ray" move and just eyeballed it. That's why they are all different sizes!

I also put one unbaked role in the refrigerator and three unbaked roles in the freezer to see how they would come out if I try to bake them later.

They look delicious!

09:19 AM, Tuesday, November 20, 2007 .. Posted by meadow

You are making me hungry! I used to make bread a lot, but we have cut way back on bread comsumption around here. Your rolls look *so* good that I'm going to make some soon!

Great Job!

09:34 AM, Tuesday, November 20, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

I'm so glad they turned out well for you! And they look great too. Your husband sounds like mine. If I ground the grain, he'd then ask if I grew it. ;D I say if you have to use any appliance (including a manual can opener or a butter knife), you've homemade something.
Michelle
http://glorious-mayhem.blogspot.com/

Oh, my!

09:49 AM, Tuesday, November 20, 2007 .. Posted by homesteadinthemaking

They look so good. I am going to check out that tutorial now.
Trixi

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10:55 PM, Wednesday, November 21, 2007 .. Posted by Karen

Well, I was planning on making the roll recipe you shared here and as I was sitting down to write down the instructions so I could get started, I realized I didn't have any powdered milk! The recipe I ended up trying I probably won't use again as the rolls were hard on the outside and soft on the inside. I was hoping for totally soft yeast rolls. I have no doubt the recipe you shared here would have been much, much better. Oh well, we still had a wonderful meal and a wonderful day!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Karen
http://thetagblog.blogspot.com/
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