Dinner Rolls

These are great rolls to prepare to go with a comfort meal or with anyone of your salad creations! It's super easy and very good. The texture of them are not too dense but not incredibly yeasty. They are very soft and are great topped with melted butter and honey! Enjoy!



Dinner Rolls

Ingredients
1 Pack of Active Yeast
2 T Sugar
1/2 C. Milk
2 T Butter
2 C. Bread Flour
1 tsp. Salt
1/4 C. Water
1 Egg

Directions: Combine milk, water, and butter, and warm it up in your microwave until butter has melted. Now place 1 Cup of your flour, sugar, salt, egg, and yeast in a large bowl. Add heated liquid and stir until well combined. Now gradually mix in your remaining cup of flour. On a floured surface, gently knead until you get a very soft non-sticky dough. Do not add too much flour.

Divide rolls into 12 or 8 equal pieces. Place onto a lightly greased/non-stick cookie sheet and let rise until rolls have doubled in size. Bake on 350 degrees until golden brown. Top with melted butter and honey(melt butter, add honey, and stir.)

Fry Bread

By far this is one of my favorite "quick breads" to have, it also makes a scrumptious personal size pizza or a fantastic open faced turkey sandwich and works well for gyros and rotis.

Fry Bread
4 C. All Purpose Flour
1 tsp. Sugar
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Double Active Baking Powder
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 1/2 C. Water
Canola Oil for Frying

Directions: Combine all of your ingredients together EXCEPT your oil, which is only for frying. If your dough seems to be a bit dry or "flaky", simply add a tablespoon of water at a time until it comes together in a ball.

Flour your surface and knead for a minute or so, using extra flour for any sticky areas. Separate your dough into 5 equal pieces.

Roll each piece out into a circle. Poke a small hole in the middle using the tip of your knife. This will allow your oil to fry and not saturate your fry bread.

Place one of your circles into your frying pan. Dough will begin to bubble. Fry until each side is a very light golden brown and place on a plate.

Sundried Tomato Bread + A Sandwich!

I love this bread! It is a dense bread that makes the perfect partner to soups and hearty sandwiches. The flavor is wonderful and it bakes up beautifully!

Sun-Dried Tomato Bread

3 C. Bread Flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 Tbsp. Sugar
2 tsp. Baking Powder
2 tsp. active dry yeast
1 C. Sun-Dried Tomatoes
1 C. Milk
1 1/2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
Extra flour for kneading
2 tsp. Dried Basil
One Egg, for Egg Wash
1 Tbsp. Water

1. Combine all of your dry ingredients including your tomatoes.

2. Heat your milk in the microwave on high for about 20-30 seconds. You can also heat your milk in a saucepan over the stove for about one minute. Add milk to your dry ingredients. Add olive oil last. Combine until a ball of dough forms.

3. Knead for about 5 minutes. Form into a ball and place directly on your baking sheet. Normally you would place this in a bowl that is lightly oiled, but we are going to skip this step as we will not knead the dough a second time. Cover your dough, making sure you seal the sides of your pan, yet keeping enough slack for your dough to rise. Let sit in a warm spot until dough rises or doubles in size.

4. Sprinkle your dried basil over the top. Add about 1 Tbsp. of water to your egg and beat. Using a small pastry brush, brush your egg wash all over your dough. This will give your finished bread a beautiful glossy crust. Bake in your oven on 350 degrees until golden brown. One good way to tell if your bread is done is to tap on it. If it makes a hollow sound, then most likely it is ready to be taken out of the oven.



Like I said, this bread makes a really good hearty sandwich. Once your bread cools down enough to handle, cut it in half width wise, buttered each half, and pan toast them both. Then add some baby spinach, slice roma tomatoes, shredded mozarella and grated parmesean to the bottom half. Top it of with a bit of dried basil and placed it into a 350 degree oven until the cheese melts. Now place the top of your bread on top and cut into desired size. Yum!