hot rolls
my Grama Shirley gave me a recipe book several years back, all of her best recipes that i’ve loved over the years, and many i have never tried. i love trying her recipes, and at Thanksgiving, i used her pumpkin pie, pecan pie, pie crust and hot rolls recipes to thoroughly snag Frank, hook, line, sinker. i think it worked. * grin * oh, and Grama was very proud that i used her recipes; i thought she was going to cry when i told her. :)
anyway, here’s the recipe for hot rolls, and i hope she doesn’t mind my sharing it all over the internet; her late sister came up with the recipe.
these rolls are wonderful. sweet, super-fluffy, moist. best rolls i’ve ever had, if i do say so myself, and Frank seemed quite pleased with them. the recipe makes a ton of dough, but you can seal it up in the fridge and keep having fresh rolls every night for a few days. but whatever you do, DON’T just wrap the dough up in plastic wrap and set in the fridge. not that i have experience with this… ahem.
what you need:
1 cup milk (scalded) (or is it scolded?) - i wasn’t sure, so i put it on the stove until it started bubbling, then yelled at it. :)
1/2 cup sugar
6 Tbsp. Crisco (i used canola or vegetable oil, actually, and later the recipe references oil, so i’m thinking you can do Crisco or oil)
1 tsp. salt
1 egg
4 cups flour
1/2 cup warm water
2 pkgs. yeast, which looks like eensy weensy maggots (i got the super-duper active kind. spent half the afternoon chasing it all over the kitchen. finally it got tired and jumped into the mixing bowl. /lame pun).
what you do:
add 2 cups of flour to the oil and milk (which should be good and pouty now that you’ve properly scolded it). add the egg, yeast, water, salt. mix it all up good, but don’t use a whisk like i did, because only goofy goofs try mixing dough with a whisk. use a fork. after all of that is mixed, add the remaining flour.
if you have time, let it set and rise for a while (in a warmish spot, such as near a window). if no time for waiting around, just cut or roll (i rolled into flat-ish balls with my hands) — i really recommend the rising of the dough first, though, because the rolls will be sooooo fluffy.
place on a greased/sprayed cookie sheet or in a pie plate or pan. let rise (to grow together?) and bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes.
enjoy with your Mr. Wonderful and butter. :)
hmmm….I’ve got my own Mr. Wonderful…and butter…all I’m missing is the rolls. Thursday is the day we cook together so mayhap rolls will be on the menu next week.
December 2nd, 2004 at 11:27 pmLOL! hope you didn’t hurt the milk’s feelings too much by scolding it!
December 3rd, 2004 at 12:02 amI just bought myself one of those heavy duty kitchenaid mixers and I will definitely being trying this recipe in it!! Gotta keep my Mr. Wonderful happy! Thanks!
December 3rd, 2004 at 1:13 amA “Whisk”, SarahK???
BAH!… Blaspemey!
A “Fork”?
Bigger Blasphemy!
You mix (Especially rolls, cookie and bread) dough with your fingers!
I agree on letting the rolls “rise” first. To let the yeast help aerate the dough. Though I’d pass on punching the dough back down after it’s “risen” the first time.
A delicious recipe, SarahK.
I’ll have to “Test Fly” it soon!
Jack.
December 3rd, 2004 at 1:29 amjonag; kitchenaid rocks! great for home baking needs, and every professional kitchen i’ve ever worked in has one for those smaller mixing jobs…big jobs require a Hobart….but you should have the capability to mix and knead a few pounds of dough in one of those, and that should be enough to make bread or rolls (or even onion focaccia) for a big family gathering. enjoy it often!
December 3rd, 2004 at 4:46 amMr. Deth: the old school method IS the best, a cook’s most useful tools are his or her own hands, but the use of a utensil helps when multitasking…takes a bit of time to scrape that wet dough off the fingers to answer the phone, etc… about the rising part…the punching down helps to re-distribute the working colonies of yeast that are making the bread rise and makes sure that no yeast-fuel goes unused. the rise after the forming of the rolls makes sure that there’s enough gas trapped within the rolls that they’ll expand enough when they’re put into the hot oven and ensure the lightest, fluffiest results. sorry if i sound like i’m talking down to y’all, but this is a big part of what i do for a living, and i just couldn’t help but share what i know.
“enjoy with your Mr. Wonderful and butter. :)”
SarahK! I thought this was a family blog!
December 3rd, 2004 at 6:35 amI’m going to give these a try this weekend. Got a feeling it’s going to be a yummy.
December 3rd, 2004 at 6:36 ammoehawk, It has 475 watts of mixing power! I’m so pumped about making Christmas cookies this week!! :D
December 3rd, 2004 at 8:49 amSounds awfully good–but too complex for a poor, fumble-fingered guy like me to make.
December 3rd, 2004 at 9:35 amI don’t do a whole lot of cooking, but the recipes sound great! My favorite part is how you make it sound so easy with just the two headings “What You Need” and “What You Do”. Makes it sound like even I could do it!
December 3rd, 2004 at 12:52 pmWait, you never told us what happens when you wrap the dough in plastic and put it in the fridge. Is it cool? Gross? Smelly? Messy? Do little yeasty colonies arise and battle the condiments for dominance of the icebox?
December 3rd, 2004 at 6:40 pmvery messy. gets all over your sweet boyfriend’s case of beer and his refrigerator. poor dough.
December 3rd, 2004 at 6:56 pmCarnival of the Recipes #16
December 4th, 2004 at 12:03 amThe Carnival of the Recipes is here! I had to be careful not to drool on my laptop from all the yummy sounding recipes. I’m going to just jump right in.
jonag: sounds like you will be having a lot of fun soon….someone should ask Santa for the meat grinder-sausage stuffer attachment for Christmas…nothing like homemade sausages and fresh-ground burgers (not to mention homemade buns)!
December 4th, 2004 at 2:36 amhow does this compare to a 19v Dewalt cordless drill?
inquiring minds want to know!
December 4th, 2004 at 9:17 pmthat reminds me. Sa has my DeWalt cordless drill. must get that back.
December 4th, 2004 at 9:18 pmfor what each is used for, they’re comparable items. lots of power to get the job done. items made in the kitchenaide, however, tend to be tastier than items made with a DeWalt 19v cordless drill.
December 5th, 2004 at 3:03 amor is that kitchenaid? it’s late…
December 5th, 2004 at 3:05 am