Homemade Rolls

This is a homemade roll recipe from my friends the Stratons. They make a great roll dough!

Instead of using all purpose flour, I used half whole wheat pastry flour and half all purpose flour.

Ingredients and Instructions:

Part 1
3/4 c. warm water
2 T. yeast (2 pkgs)
1/2 tsp sugar

Stir until dissolved and let rise in small bowl

Part 2
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. melted butter
1 c. water
Mix in large bowl
3 eggs

Beat and add to above mixture. Add yeast mixture to large bowl.

Part 3
2 tsp salt
7 cups flour (or half whole wheat pastry flour and half white)
Mix all together for 7 minutes in bread mixer at high speed. Let rise 1 hour; punch down. Cover and refrigerate overnight. {Does not have to be refrigerated but is best that way.} Divide dough into 2 equal parts.

Roll out each part into a circle. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 16 equal pieces. Roll up from larger end to shorter end. Place in pan seam side down. Let rise 3 hours, until double in size. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Brush with butter.

You can also only raise/cook half the batch and put the other half straight into the freezer on the baking sheet for 4 hours. When frozen, take rolls and put into ziploc bag in the freezer. Voila!

Variations on the breadsticks

Happy Monday to all...I hope we all have a great week and that something beautiful happens to everyone!

(And CONGRATULATIONS to my friend Jenn who just had her baby Corynn yesterday! Another red head!)

I experimented with the bread sticks recipe I posted below...link here http://thebeautifulbasics.blogspot.com/2009/01/recipe-garlic-bread-sticks.html

and came up with some other variations and yumminess....here goes...

• My friend Suzanne told me she made them and substituted half of the all purpose flour with whole wheat flour and they were still very yummy...so yeah for whole wheat!
• Pigs in a blanket-I used the same recipe in the link but I rolled out the dough and cut little rectangles, about 1 inch by 2.5 inches and placed a little mound of shredded cheddar in the middle and then rolled up a little smokey in the dough. I took the cookie sheet and melted about 2 tablespoons of butter (instead of the whole stick) on the cookie sheet and then put all the little rolls on the cookie sheet and baked it for about 20-25 minutes. If you want them to brown, you will probably want o brush some melted butter on top of each. I did not sprinkle anything on top of them. They were the best pigs in a blanket I have ever had.
• Pizza rolls- For this I used the same recipe in the link but I cut them into triangles and pressed into the triangles some mozzarella cheese and then tore up pieces of turkey peperoni and placed them on the cheese, I then took the corners and brought them together in a little pouch. I put them on a cookie sheet with 2 tablespoons of melted butter on it and then brushed with butter and sprinkled the top with mozzarella cheese. These were also great and could be served with ranch dressing and tomato sauce for dipping.