Homemade Rolls

This is a very basic dough recipe. The dough can be used for a number of things: rolls, pizza dough, cinnamon roll dough, scones, navajo tacos, bread, etc. To make wheat rolls, just substitute wheat flour for all or half of the white flour and honey for the sugar.

Homemade Rolls

3 cups flour
1 1/2 - 2 Tb. butter
3 Tb. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 Tb. dry milk
1 1/2 tsp. yeast
1 1/8 cups warm water

Combine warm water and yeast in bread maker. Add other ingredients. Put in bread maker on dough cycle. When bread maker beeps, take dough out and form into 12 equal balls. Place in greased 9 x 13 pans. Let raise 1 -2 hours or until rolls double in size. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Brush rolls with butter and serve.

*This is a great recipe that can be made in the bread maker. If you don't have a bread maker, you can also make it by hand. Just mix the items according to directions above and knead for about 10 minutes. Let rise until double, form into balls, and bake.

Cinnamon Rolls

This is a recipe from Nancy Butterfield that has been slightly modified to make it even tastier.

Cinnamon Rolls
1 cube margarine (melted)
5 tsp. yeast in 1 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups flour

1. Beat above items vigorously with an electric mixer until smooth. Add 3 -4 cups flour and knead for 10 minutes until dough is well mixed and soft. Raise for 1 -2 hours or until dough doubles.
2. Roll dough out on floured surface until dough is about 1/4 inch thick. Spread dough with a thin layer of softened butter or margarine (1/4 - 1/2 cup). Next sprinkle about 1 cup brown sugar over the butter. Sprinkle with 1 - 2 Tb. cinnamon.
3. Roll dough up. Cut into 1 inch rolls (tip: use dental floss to cut so the cinnamon rolls maintain their shape). Place rolls on greased jelly-roll pan and let raise for 1 -2 hours or until doubled in size.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Cool completely and frost with cream cheese frosting (recipe below).

Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cube margarine, softened
2+ cups powdered sugar
a little milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract

Beat cream cheese and margarine until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract, and a little milk. Mix until desired consistency.