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Showing posts with label Rolls / Biscuits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolls / Biscuits. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Sweet Dinner Rolls



These rolls turned out perfectly the first time I made them. They're slightly sweet and puff up real big. They have a moist, tender, and light texture. They'd be great for Thanksgiving!

Sweet Dinner Rolls

"Bread Machine Version"
Makes 24 rolls

1 1/2 cups water (110 deg. F.)
1 egg, room temperature
2 tbs. honey
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbs. melted butter
1 tsp. salt
5 cups flour
5 tbs. white sugar
2 tbs. dry milk powder
5 tsp. wheat gluten
2 tsp. active dry yeast

1) Select dough cycle. If dough is too sticky, add more flour as it mixes.

2) When the dough cycle is complete, turn the risen dough out on a lightly floured surface and divide into 24 equal pieces.


I used a plastic pizza cutter/dough cutter to cut these. It worked great.

3) Form the pieces into rounds and place in greased 13 X 9 pan. Turn oven to 150 deg. for one minute and turn off. Cover the rolls with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in volume on oven. (This took 50 minutes for me.) Take off plastic wrap.


To get nice round tops, tuck in dough underneath to leave a smooth, round top.

4) Bake in 350 deg. oven for 15 minutes, until golden brown.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits



These biscuits are a souped-up version of my regular Drop Biscuits. These taste just like the biscuits they serve at Red Lobster while you're waiting for your meal and they're really quick and easy to make. Now, I don't need to go to Red Lobster just to get these great biscuits. I make a double batch and keep them on hand to go with dinner at a moment's notice. These are my absolute favorite!

Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits

2 cups flour
1 tbs. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Garlic Butter:
1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. dried parsley flakes

1) In mixing bowl thoroughly stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well to evenly distribute the leavening (baking powder) and salt.

2) Cut shortening into flour mixture till mixture resembles course crumbs. Be sure to use solid shortening instead of cooking oil or melted butter. Don't mix by hand, but use a pastry blender or forks and knives.

3) After cutting in the shortening, the mixture should resemble coarse crumbs. Avoid blending the fat completely with the flour or using a liquid shortening. These produce mealy biscuits rather than the flaky, tender ones which are more desirable.

4) Gently push the flour-shortening mixture against the edges of the bowl, making a well in the center. Add the milk all at once, pouring it into the well.

5) Using a fork, stir the mixture quickly. Stir just till the dough follows the fork around the bowl and forms a soft dough. Too much mixing may result in biscuits that are tough and not as light as desired. Gently mix in the cheese.

6) Using a knife or a narrow spatula, push the dough from a tablespoon onto greased baking sheets to make 12 biscuits.

7) Bake biscuits in 450 deg. F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until biscuits are golden. Serve immediately.

8) While the biscuits are baking, make the garlic butter. In a small bowl, combine the butter, garlic powder, salt, and parsley flakes. As soon as you bring the biscuits from the oven, brush them with the garlic butter using a pastry brush. Serve while hot. Enjoy!

Makes 12 biscuits.

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Super Easy and Quick Drop Biscuits



These biscuits are so yummy and so quick to make. I never used to make biscuits because I could never seem to get them right with rolling and cutting them out and they were always dry and took forever to make. So, I would wait for Pillsbury biscuits to go on sale, but I still was spending about $1.67 for 8 biscuits. I don't know how much these cost to make, but they have got to be a fraction of the cost and you get 12 biscuits instead. I make a double batch of these and keep them stored in the freezer to serve with dinner at a moment's notice.

Drop Biscuits

2 cups flour
1 tbs. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup milk

1) In mixing bowl thoroughly stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well to evenly distribute the leavening (baking powder) and salt.

2) Cut shortening into flour mixture till mixture resembles course crumbs. Be sure to use solid shortening instead of cooking oil or melted butter. Don't mix by hand, but use a pastry blender or forks and knives.

3) After cutting in the shortening, the mixture should resemble coarse crumbs. Avoid blending the fat completely with the flour or using a liquid shortening. These produce mealy biscuits rather than the flaky, tender ones which are more desirable.

4) Gently push the flour-shortening mixture against the edges of the bowl, making a well in the center. Add the milk all at once, pouring it into the well.

5) Using a fork, stir the mixture quickly. Stir just till the dough follows the fork around the bowl and forms a soft dough. Too much mixing may result in biscuits that are tough and not as light as desired.

6) Using a knife or a narrow spatula, push the dough from a tablespoon onto greased baking sheets to make 12 biscuits.




7) Bake biscuits in 450 deg. F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until biscuits are golden. Serve immediately.

Makes 12 biscuits.



This is my favorite way to have these biscuits. Butter and jam!



This is my hubby's favorite way. He likes to have biscuits with sausage gravy.

To make these extra yummy, melt 1/2 stick butter, and using a pastry brush, brush on biscuits immediately after they get out of the oven. Mmmmmm!

Check out my Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuit variation by clicking here. These taste just like the yummy biscuits they give you while you're waiting for your food at Red Lobster. These take hardly any more time to make and they are really good!

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