Dinner Rolls....

I know, another roll recipe! What can I say except that I love bread. We had dinner last night and I've made my go to roll recipe so much lately that I decided to try something new. I found this recipe from "The Picky Palate"....a favorite food blog that I frequent. Mine weren't quite as pretty as hers but that is OK because they were so delicious! I have made a couple of little changes to her actual recipe because I am not privileged enough to own a Bosch or a KitchenAid. I make bread the old fashioned way.....a bowl and a spoon and lots of elbow grease! This roll is very sweet and dense. It reminds me a lot of the rolls you get at Texas Roadhouse......heaven.

Dinner Rolls......adapted from "The Picky Palate"

2 c. milk
1 c. sugar
1 c. oil (I use vegetable)
2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
2 Tbs yeast with 1 tsp. sugar
8 c. flour

Step 1- warm milk in microwave for 1 minute - add sugar, oil and salt to large bowl with the warmed milk

Step 2 - dissolve yeast in 1/2 c. warm water with the tsp. of sugar - set aside

Step 3 - add 2 c. flour to liquid in bowl

Step 4 - beat in 2 eggs ( used my hand and spoon here, mixer is better I'm sure :)

Step 5 - add yeast mixture, mix

Step 6 - mix in 3 c. flour

Step 7 - mix in 3 c. flour

If you don't have a fancy schmancy mixer, then please knead the dough for a few minutes until it is nice and smooth. I did it for about 2-3 minutes. Place in a greased bowl and let rise for 3 hours or until doubled in volume. Divide into 4 balls. Roll out into a pie shape and cut into long triangles. Roll the dough from the widest to the narrowest if you want crescent rolls. This recipe makes a lot and so I did some crescent and others I just rolled in to big balls and put in a greased casserole dish about an inch apart. Let rise for an hour. Bake at 325 fro 15-20 minutes. Brush with butter

**I always turn on my oven when I start making rolls so that the kitchen will heat up and my dough will rise faster. It can cut the rising time literally in half and if you are as busy and time restricted as I am, this is a good thing!**