Ice Box Rolls Recipes

ICEBOX ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water (110°-115°). In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup boiling water and shortening. Add remaining (room-temperature) water, eggs, salt, sugar and yeast mixture., Stir in 1 cup of flour at a time, mixing well after each addition, until a soft dough forms. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide dough into nine portions. Divide and shape each portion into 12 balls. Place 3 balls in each cup of 3 greased muffin tins. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 375°. Brush rolls with half of melted butter; bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven; brush with remaining butter.

MOM'S ICEBOX ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Follow directions on yeast package.
• 2. Cream sugar and shortening together.
• 3. Add HOT water to sugar/shortening mix and allow to cool. If your water is too hot, it will kill the yeast when you add it in the next step.
• 4. Add the dissolved yeast (with the water) and the eggs, and whisk lightly.
• 5. Add 4 cups of flour and the salt, and stir into liquid. Add more flour if the dough is sticky. I usually end up adding at least another cup of flour, sometimes two or three, at this point. The dough will be a little tacky, but shouldn't be very sticky. It should be just past the "sticky" stage and feel a little bit "elastic."
• 6. Put the dough into a large greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap (pressed right onto the dough), and refrigerate until needed. The dough can be left in the fridge at this stage for as much as 2 or 3 days --just be sure it's not exposed to the air.
• 7. Several hours before you want to bake the rolls, take the dough out of the fridge. Punch it down (it will have risen some in the refrigerator), and let it rise double.
• 8. Punch the dough down again, flour a bread board generously, place the dough on the board and sprinkle lightly with flour. Fold the edges into the middle and knead with the heels of your hands for several minutes until it begins to feel "elastic." Start rolling it out with a floured rolling pin (or use a "stocking" on your rolling pin). Fold the edges in again, and repeat the kneading process.
• 9. Pinch off about 1/4 of the dough to work with, and set the rest aside. Start rolling the dough out with your floured rolling pin. Keep turning the dough over and around as you roll it. It will be very elastic and resist flattening. Add flour to your board as needed to keep dough from sticking to the board or rolling pin.
• 10. When the dough is about 1 inch thick, cut out circles with a biscuit cutter and lay them on an ungreased baking sheet, just touching. (This way, as they rise and bake, they will "merge" and the inside edges will be soft and high.)
• 11. Repeat steps 10 & 11 three more times until all the dough has been cut. Scraps can be gathered together, kneaded a little more and re-rolled to make more rolls.
• 12. Cover the rolls with lightweight cloths, like cotton dish towels, and allow them to "rest" on the baking sheets and rise before baking. The time for this varies according to how warm the room is. In a warm kitchen, they may rise double and be ready to bake in 15 minutes. If they're sitting on the table in a cool dining room, it could take an hour. When you see that they've risen some, but they're not rising anymore, bake them.
• 13. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, but time will vary with different ovens. Take them out when the tops are getting golden-brown.
• 14. Brush the rolls with melted butter while they are still hot.
• 15. I often make these rolls far ahead of time and bake them right to the point where they are just about to start browning. I put them in the freezer on sheets until they freeze and then put them into freezer bags. When I'm ready to serve them, I take them out frozen, put them into a 350-degree oven and bake them until the tops are golden brown. They taste even better than when I make them all in one day. Freezing seems to enhance the "yeasty" flavor.

FROSTED CINNAMON ICEBOX ROLLS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat 2 cups milk to scalding, remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
• In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Stir in cooled/scalded milk, 1/3 cup sugar, vegetable shortening, baking powder, salt, egg and 2 to 3 cups of flour.
• Beat until smooth.
• Mix in enough remaining flour to make a dough easy enough to handle.
• Turn dough out onto a floured board; knead 8-10 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size (about 1 1/2 hours).
• Grease two 9x13x2-inch pans.
• Punch down dough and divide into two equal portions.
• On a lightly floured surface roll one half into a 12"x10" rectangle.
• Spread rectangle with 2 Tablespoons of the softened butter, leaving 1/2 inch edge for sealing.
• In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon (both the 1 Tablespoon plus the 1 teaspoon).
• Sprinkle half of the sugar/cinnamon mixture over the buttered portion of the dough.
• Roll up jelly-roll style, beginning at the wider side.
• Pinch edges of the dough to seal in the filling.
• Carefully cut the roll into 12 equal slices.
• Place the slices in one of the prepared pans.
• Repeat the process with the other portion of the dough.
• Wrap both pans in aluminum foil.
• Refrigerate at least 12 hours but no longer than 48.
• (To bake immediately, don't wrap in foil but cover and let rise in a warm place until double - 30 minutes - then bake as directed.
• Heat oven to 350°F
• Remove foil from pans and bake for 30-35 minutes.
• For icing: Combine the powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons milk and vanilla until smoot and of a spreading consistency.
• Spread over rolls while warm.

REFRIGERATOR ROLLS / ICEBOX ROLLS

Steps:

• Pour 1 cup boiling water over shortening in a large bowl, stirring to melt shortening.
• Let stand 30 minutes or until completely cooled.
• Stir together yeast, 1/2 cup warm water, and 1 teaspoon sugar in a glass measuring cup; let mixture stand 5 minutes Beat eggs at medium speed using a heavy-duty stand mixer; add 1/2 cup sugar and salt.
• Add shortening mixture and yeast mixture.
• Reduce speed to low, and gradually add 5 cups flour, beating until blended.
• Cover and chill dough 12 hours or up to 5 days.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface, and roll to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut with a lightly floured 2 1/2-inch round cutter.
• Make a crease across the middle of each dough round with a knife, and fold in half; gently press edges to seal.
• Place rolls on lightly greased baking sheets.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°F), free from drafts, 1 1/2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
• Brush rolls evenly with melted butter.
• Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Brush again with melted butter, if desired.

ICEBOX BUTTERHORNS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, combine the milk, butter, sugar, egg, salt, yeast mixture and 3 cups flour; beat on medium speed until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Do not knead. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each into a 12-in. circle; cut each into 12 wedges. Roll up wedges from the wide ends. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets, point side down. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately brush with additional melted butter. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

ICE BOX ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine shortening, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl with the hot mashed potatoes. Scald milk and add. Cool to luke-warm. Dissolve yeast in 1/4 C water and add to mixture. Add egg and mix. Begin adding flour until dough is stiff (dough leaves the edges of the bowl. Cover with damp cloth and place somewhere warm to rise to double in size (I usually leave it overnight). Punch down and let it rise a 2nd time. Work dough down on floured cutting board. You can use right away or place in the refrigerator to use later. Roll out dough to about 1/2 inch in height. Cut rolls using a biscuit cutter or glass (2 1/4 in). If making cinnamon rolls, roll out dough into an oval, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter. Starting at one end, roll dough up into a log. Cut rolls about 1/2 inch wide. Place rolls or cinnamon rolls into greased roll pans, and let rise. Bake rolls at 400 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.

ICE BOX ROLLS

Steps:

• Sift flour, salt, baking soda and sugar together.
• Cut in shortening.
• Heat 1 cup buttermilk but do not boil. Milk should be just a little more than luckewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in buttermilk then add other cup of buttermilk.
• Mix with dry ingredients.
• Cover and let stand overnight in refrigerator.
• Roll out and make into rolls and place on greased baking sheet 2 hours before baking.
• Put in warm location to rise.
• Bake in 400 degree for 15-20 minutes.