Surfing Leads to Success!

Pin It I love food ..... and I have the hips to prove it.  I especially love food since I stopped smoking on January 1st of this year.  Everything tastes better .... my taste buds have come back to life so I am enjoying lots of new-found flavors and savoring the old ones!

These last few days have been dreary and rainy which encourages surfing the web.  While surfing, I found this.  Well bread is my downfall, especially homemade bread.  I have tried making bread from scratch with my own two hands and have been somewhat successful .....  (now I just use my bread machine so I will be 100% successful) .... but I was drawn to this recipe ..... by gosh Country Momma called them Easy Yeast Rolls so they had to be easy right?

After digging out all the ingredients, as you notice there aren't many of them, my darling husband starting drooling with the thought of fresh, homemade rolls to have with dinner. 

Setting up the kitchen counter top for my millionth attempt at making homemade dinner rolls the old fashioned way, I was surprised to watch as the yeast actually did start to foam like Country Momma said it would!

This might be good .... excitement was beginning to build and I was anxious to keep at it, following the instructions exactly as to not make any mistakes.

After carefully adding all the ingredients and mixing well ..... unfortunately I do not have a Kitchen Aid mixer, I just use a wooden spoon and lots of muscle ..... I kneaded the dough until smooth, covered it in oil and let it sit to rise for the hour.

The dough rose so nicely!  Just perfect.  I was so excited but other attempts looked just as good at this stage so I tried not to get too hyped up.  I knew it was the taste that mattered when pulled hot out of the oven.

I shaped the dough into twelve small buns and divided them between my 'new to me' muffin tray and my snowman pie plate.  Now I know winter is over but my regular pie plate was being used for Shepard's Pie at the time.  LOL

The dough seemed to rise faster the second time.  I don't think it took any longer than 30 minutes to be double in size.  Pre-warming the oven, my taste buds started to jump anticipating yummy dinner rolls.

It was very difficult to let the rolls cool enough before we could sink our teeth into them .... yes, they were VERY easy to make but best of all ....

they were the BEST dinner rolls I have ever made!!!!  I HIGHLY recommend this recipe!  Just perfect with some homemade dandelion jelly.  Don't worry, this isn't an April Fools joke, they really are easy and delicious!  LOL

Remember to give your loved ones a hug!

Homemade Cinnamon Buns and Dinner Rolls

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It rained all day yesterday....the kind that pours down, floods everything and makes a mess of the property. I wasn't going anywhere! To make the home smell good and keep the kitchen warm I decided to make homemade dinner rolls and cinnamon buns for dinner. I had put on a crock-pot of Beef and Barley soup from scratch that morning and the temptation of homemade dinner rolls to go with it were too much to resist.



Yeast in bowl.


I follow a recipe that I had discovered on Frugal Village and I love it. I make bread, dinner rolls, cinnamon buns and pizza crust from that one recipe. It is a large recipe that will make three large rolls that the family loves.

White Sandwich Bread

In a large warmed bowl, add 1 cup of lukewarm water, 1 tsp of white sugar and 2 tbsp (or 2 packets) of yeast. Let sand 10 minutes, then stir until yeast is dissolved.







I buy my yeast in bulk from the local Health Food Store. $3.50 for a pound of yeast is a great deal!

Next stir in 2 cups of lukewarm water, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 tbsp of salt and 1/2 cup melted butter. Beat ingredients then stir in 9 cups of flour, adding them 1 cup at a time.




Once it is stirred well, use a cup of flour on the countertop for kneading. Knead until the dough becomes elastic which is about 4 to 5 minutes.

After kneading, put the dough in a large oiled bowl and flip to coat both sides with the oil.

Loosely cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot. Let it rise one hour.

Punch down dough to remove air bubbles and divide into 3 loaves. If you wish to make cinnamon buns I used the dough for one loaf and rolled it out. Then I shaped the rest of the dough into buns and placed them in a greased pan.

I rolled out the dough for the cinnamon rolls, spread on butter (fairly thick), added brown sugar and cinnamon. You could also add raisins but we aren't a big fan of raisins around here.

Starting at one edge roll the dough into a log and slice pieces and place in a greased cake pan.

Cover pans with clean dishtowels and place in a warm area for another hour.

Loaves should double in size. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400F for 20 minutes.

They are ready when they turn a golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.

Remove from pans and cool on a cooling rack.

Delicious! Nothing better than homemade soup, dinner rolls and cinnamon buns for dessert!

Remember to give your loved ones a hug! =)