Friday, April 29, 2011

Recipe Friday is Back!!!

                                                 Refrigerator Rolls

Stella: This dough requires no kneading and can be made up to 4 days ahead! Just take out of the fridge, let rise and bake whenever you need. They are SO EASY.....

        Ingredients:


           1 cup warm water
           2 packages active dry yeast (or 4 ½ tsp if you don’t have packages)
           ½ cup butter, MELTED (1 stick)
           ½ cup sugar
           3 eggs
           1 tsp salt
           4 ½ cups flour
          Additional butter to melt on top


Combine water & yeast in a bowl. (Water should be hot... Think bathwater. Not too hot to touch, but not lukewarm!)


                            Let the water/yeast mixture stand until yeast is foamy, or just 5 minutes.

                              


While it is sitting, melt the butter and gather the other ingredients.


 

                                          After 5 min, stir in the melted butter, sugar, eggs and salt.


Stir, stir, stir!!!



                                            Then you will beat in the flour- one cup at a time.


Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or up to 4 days. It’s super easy to make this in the morning and pull them out in time for dinner. Just remember to allow one hour for them to rise. Into the fridge they go!


The dough will have puffed up quite a bit when you take it out. Puffed up. Yes, this is the technical term.


When you are ready to make the rolls, turn out the chilled dough onto a lightly floured board. Divide dough into 24 equal-size pieces. Or as Bess demonstrates here you can just grab the dough out of the bowl and roll it up if you are in a huge hurry like she is. Hah. Roll each piece into a smooth round ball; place balls in even rolls in the a greased 13 x 9 pan.


Cover & let balls rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. I did not get a photo of this as we were rushing off to Gma Mod’s for Easter dinner. By the way, this can make up to 2 dozen rolls (We only made about 18 here rolling them out larger.)


Preheat oven to 375... Bake until rolls are golden brown, 15-20 minutes. (These rolls are NOT golden brown, but good enough for the time being. Such a perfectionist.. even with food.) Brush warm rolls with melted butter.


They are FAB. FAB. FAB. Plus, People will think you are a marvelous baker if you make these for them... ;)

What's going on this weekend?

7 comments:

  1. yummmmm..... I will try these soon!!

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  2. I LOVE THESE. they're all i wanted on easter

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  3. These were DELISH!!!! I asked Bus Barn Man (aka. Curls and Saucys daddy)what his favorite food at Easter was and he said without hesitation Stella's Roles!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! GOOD LUCK THIS SUNDAY STELLA SMELLA!! RUN THAT OLD COOKIE INTO THE GROUND!!

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  4. I just tried to "like" Curls' comment. Umm this isn't facebook!

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  5. I have to agree they were delicious. I lked them better than mine! So maybe I'll try this kind next family get together..or we both can if 30 or more come. Yeast bread has always been my favorite food and still is even before desserts.

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  6. Yes I know this isn't facebook. I was talking about Stella's roles!! And oh by the way......
    Get it?? Are there like Sister Banter Comment rules or something??

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  7. Curls-- I was just saying that I liked your comment... and I was trying to look for a "like" button (like you do on facebook)...I was saying Umm this isn't facebook to myself.

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