Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Angela's Golden Honey Yeast Rolls

Please forgive the quality of the pictures.  Unfortunately, I don't have a camera and am having to make do with my phone.  The pictures really don't do these rolls justice.



Before I went back to work outside the home full time, these rolls were a staple in my home.  I made them at least twice a month, sometimes more.  I have to admit, since I have been working outside the home for almost 4 years now, I have made them maybe twice.

Baking is definitely a love of mine, and I miss it so.

My husband misses it too......


My poor bread maker has felt so neglected.  Time to show it some love.   I use my bread maker to do all the hard work of mixing the dough.     All of my ingredients are assembled on the counter. As you can see,  it doesn't take many ingredients to make up a batch of these yummy rolls.  Once everything is put in your bread maker, put it on the dough setting and hit start.

While the dough is making, I usually will start another recipe or go catch up on some housework.


I had to throw in this picture.  While the dough was mixing, I put away laundry.  This is Otis, our Catahoula Leopard watching me put away the laundry.

When your dough is done, you will punch down, let it rest, then roll into 24 dough balls.  You will let these rise for about 30 minutes.

Above is what it should look like after rising. 


 Just glaze, bake, and be prepared for a stampede to kitchen.






Golden Honey Pan Yeast Rolls

1 cup warm milk
1 egg
1egg yolk
1/2 cup oil
2 Tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 cups bread flour
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

Glaze:
1/3 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
2 Tablespoons honey
1 egg white

In bread machine, place first 8 ingredients in order.  Select dough setting.  When cycle is complete, turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
Punch down; cover and let rest 10 minutes.
Divide into 24 pieces; shape into balls.  Place into greased 9X13.  Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled - about 30 minutes.
For glaze, combine sugar, butter, honey and egg white.  
Drizzle glaze over dough.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown

ENJOY!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Dinner Menu for the Week

Here is our dinner menu for the coming week:

Sunday: Tacos

Monday: Grilled steaks, fresh corn on the cob, baked potatoes

Tuesday: Creamy spinach sausage pasta with garlic bread

Wedneday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, baked beans, homemade rolls

Thursday: Crock pot steak with baby new potatoes and seasoned green beans

Friday: Homemade pizzas

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Sorry I didn't get to post my pics yesterday. As I said, I haven't been feeling to well lately and frankly, I was just in one of those "weepy" type of moods. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talkin' about.

Today started off much better, got up and dressed...the sun was shinning outside, birds were chirping and I had my contemporary Christian music playing over the T.V. I was able to get my morning routine chores done and my Tuesday Cleaning done (thoroughly cleaning the bathrooms), and homeschool has been completed and worked checked.

I went to Goodwill and purchased two dresses (I only wear dresses now...maybe I'll post about that at a later time) for a whopping.....drum roll please.....$8.00!!!!
I love going to thrift shops! I am hoping to find some canning equipment there, but so far, no such luck.

Anyway, here's recipe, instructions, and photos for my homemade cinnamon rolls. Hope you enjoy them. Also, please leave me a comment sometime...I'm startin' to feel pretty lonely.

HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS

1 cup warm milk - about 70 to 80 degrees
1/4 cup warm water - about 70-80 degrees
1/4 cup softened butter
1 egg
1 tsp salt
4 cups bread flour
1/4 cup instant vanilla pudding mix
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp dry active yeast

FILING:
1/4 cup softened butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon (sometimes I use more..just depends on your taste)
FROSTING:
4 oz. softened cream cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 tsps. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Place the first nine ingredients in your bread machine and select the dough setting.
When it is finished , turn dough onto a slightly floured surface. Roll into a rectangle about 17 in. by 10 in. (doesn't have to be perfect.)
Spread with butter; sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.


Roll up , jelly-roll syle, starting from a long side.


Pinch Seams to seal.


Cut into approximately 21 slices...sometimes I usually slice into about 18.


Place 12 slices, cut side down, in a greased 13 in X 9 in baking pan and 9 rolls in a 9in sq baking pan. Okay...my other pan isn't square.


Cover; let rise in a warm place until doubles, about 45 minutes.


Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for about 5 minutes.



If you want them frosted, just beat frosting ingredients in a mixing bowl and spread on your cinnamon rolls.

You won't believe how great these smell while baking in the oven.

YUMMY!!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Monday, Monday......

It's great getting away for a small vacation, but I really look forward to getting back home. And since I was busy getting ready to go last Wednesday, I didn't get to do any baking, so I'm trying to do some "catch-up" baking today.

Here's what I've got going on in the kitchen today:

Cinnamon Rolls - (goodness, I just love the way these smell when they are baking!)

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Pineapple Coconut Bread

I'll try and post some pictures of the goodies later when they come out of the oven.
I wish there was a way you could SMELL them on the computer...but oh well....

On another note, I'm feeling really blah today. Don't know what's wrong...who knows, it could just be hormones. I guess I just need to get past it.

Since it is Monday, and Monday is bedroom cleaning day...I have stripped and re-made the beds, dusted everything in the bedroom and decluttered anything that happened to be laying around.

I got my morning cleaning routine done - wipe down tables, counters (kitchen and bath), wipe down toilet seats, and sweep the kitchen floor. I also went ahead and swept the living and dining room floors as well. I have two inside dogs and it's that time of year for shedding. I think I could make a whole other dog from the dog hair that I swept up this morning.

Blake and I have gone over History and Biology this morning and he is off to the computer to do his Health.

My hubby went into work at 8pm last night and got home about 8:30 am this morning, so he is beat and has headed off to bed for some much needed rest.

Well, I've got laundry to reboot (today is laundry day) and baking to be done!!

Hope everyone has a great Monday and I'll try and post some pictures later.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Not much to say....

I wish I had something interesting and inspiring to post today...but I don't. I really want to be able to uplift and encourage women in their roles as wives and mothers. However, today is just one of those "blah" days we all have once in awhile.

I haven't been feeling to great lately and I don't know what's wrong. I am tired all of the time, and I mean ALL of the time. I feel as though I am in a haze and just going thru the motions of keeping house and cooking. I hope this feeling goes away and goes away SOON!!

Today, I was supposed to mop all the floors, but it will just have to wait as I have other things to accomplish.

I have made 4 pizza crusts for tomorrow night. My step-kids will be arriving tomorrow night and I always try and fix homemade pizzas on those nights. My son says that they are better than Domino's pizza. I know it is something everyone looks forward to twice a month and it is sooo much cheaper than delivery. I pre-bake the crusts a day ahead and wrap them in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer until the next day.

I am also making my kids' favorite cookies - Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies...Yummm! I hope I can keep myself from eating them...but probably not!

I have to sort and file my coupons today and make out a grocery list. I went and picked up a Kroger flyer yesterday. We don't have much choice for grocery stores here, just Kroger and Walmart. It's hard to get the great deals I see so many people posting on the yahoo groups I frequent.

About 8 or 9 years ago, I was a grocery shopping queen. I loved going grocery shopping because I got amazing deals (that is when I lived elsewhere and had various of grocery stores to choose from). I took cash with me and never spent over $65.00 per week. That was for 5 people and 1 dog. It also included all of my paper products as well.

Lately, I have been spending WAY too much at the store and its got to stop! So, I am going to pay attention more to the sales and my coupons and see how I do. I would like to eventually spend no more than $85.00 a week for groceries. I know, some of you do much, much better than that.

I'll be going grocery shopping tomorrow (hopefully) and will let everyone know how I do.