Moms Hot Rolls Recipes

HOMEMADE HOT ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Stir sugar, salt, and half of the flour into the yeast mixture.
• Beat in the eggs and shortening.
• Add the remaining flour and beat until smooth.
• Scrape down the sides of bowl, and cover with a cloth, and let rise in a warm place, until doubled in bulk (approx. 30 minutes).
• Stir down the dough.
• Add more sifted flour until it can be worked with hands (just add gradually until it feels right).
• Knead a few times, not a lot; just get it worked in and ready to pinch off into rolls.
• Pinch the rolls off (medium sized), and place in a greased pan.
• It may take two pans; one small, and one larger, for all the dough.
• You can also make loaves of bread out of it.
• Allow it to rise again, until doubled in bulk.
• Bake at 375-400 for 15-20 minutes .
• When done, brush with butter (while hot).
• Note: You can also use this recipe to make bread loaves (it should make 2 loaves in traditional bread pans), or cinnamon rolls.
• For the cinnamon rolls, roll the dough out, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and roll up like a jelly roll.
• Slice off, place in a baking pan, and bake at the same temperature as the rolls, until done.
• Coat with frosting made with powdered sugar, milk, and a dash of vanilla.

MOM'S HOT ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat milk and shortening in large bowl in microwave until shortening melts.
• Meanwhile, dissolve yeast and pinch of sugar into warm water.
• In a smaller bowl, whisk the salt, soda, sugar and first portion of flour.
• Stir in half the flour mixture into the milk mixture. Stir in the yeast mixture, then stir in the remaining flour.
• Let rise 1 1/2 hour in a warm place covered with a damp dish towel.
• Whisk together baking powder and last portion flour. Stir into the batter.
• Cover bowl with a plate and let rise in refrigerator 12-24 hours.
• Shape rolls (see two options below) and let rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes or until done.
• PARKERHOUSE METHOD.
• Roll dough out on floured board to about 3/8" thick. Place on cookie sheet and brush with melted butter. Fold each one almost in half.
• CLOVERLEAF METHOD.
• By hand, shape dough into 1" balls, dip in melted butter and place 3 per hole in a greased muffin tin.
• Put remaining dough back into fridge and use within the next few days. Makes great cinnamon rolls too.

HOT ROLLS

Steps:

• Mix yeast in water and let stand about 10 minutes.
• Add sugar, melted shortening and salt and mix well.
• Add egg to mixture.
• Stir in 4-5 cups of flour.
• Place on a flour surface and knead in the remaining cup of flour.
• Knead about 10 minutes.
• Put in large greased bowel and let rise until double in size, about 1 hour.
• Punch dough down and form into dinner rolls and place sides touching in a 9x13 greased pan.
• Let rise again until double, about 1 hours.
• Bake at 350 degrees 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

MOM'S MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH DINNER ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water and add 1 tablespoon sugar and baking powder. Allow to stand for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile scald milk. Add margarine, 1/3 cup sugar and salt. Cool a little and then add eggs. (I do this step in my 4 c glass measure in the microwave.).
• Combine all with flour. Cover and refrigerate overnight. (The dough will more than double in bulk, so make sure your container is big enough. If it looks like it might outgrow its bowl, you can always punch it down once or twice without any ill effects.).
• Two hours before serving, divide dough into thirds and roll out into large circles about 9 inches in diameter on a floured surface. The dough will be sticky, but don't worry. It will quickly come together and handle really well with a few sprinklings of flour (not too much). Cut into 8 wedges and make crescent rolls by starting at the wide end and rolling up. Place on greased pans to rise, covered with clean towels.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Mom always rubbed the hot rolls with a stick of butter when they came out of the oven, and I do, too. It makes them so beautiful.

MY MOM'S STICKY CINNAMON BUNS

Steps:

• COMBINE contents of box, sugar and yeast packet in large bowl; MIX WELL.
• STIR in hot water, butter and egg until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
• With greased or floured hands, shape dough into a ball.
• KNEAD dough for 5 minutes until smooth.
• Cover dough with large bowl' let rest 5 or 10 minutes.
• (skip steps 5 & 6 if making icing topped cinnamon buns).
• Make pan coating, if using, by mixing all together in a small bowl,.
• microwave for about a minute until blended.
• Make filling and set aside.
• At this point, if making stickies, spread into a buttered 9"X13" pan or two 9" pans.
• TO SHAPE roll dough to about a 10" X 15" rectangle.
• SPREAD filling mixture evenly over dough.
• Starting with narrow side, roll tightly and pinch edges to seal.
• Cut into 12 or 16 even pieces and place cut side down in prepared pans.
• Twelve look nice in the 9" X 13" pan,eight each make nice 9" pans.
• Cover loosely with plastic wrap or clean towel and let rise in a warm place 30 minute.
• Uncover rolls, bake at 375o F. for 20 to 30 minute or until golden brown.
• Cool one minute, remove from pans by flipping onto serving plate for stickies.
• You can frost right in pan when almost cool but still warm for plain cinnamon rolls.
• NOTE: prep. time includes rise time. if you have extra time, do a rise in the bowl first then go on to the shaping step. Extra rising gives a tender bread.
• The topping is only used when making sticky-style.