Friday, February 11, 2011

Dinner Rolls


 
‎3 1/2 to 3 3/4 flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1 tsp salt
1 pkg regular or quick active dry yeast
...1/2 cup very warm water
1/2 cup veru warm milk
1 egg
additional butter or margarine melted if desired

in a large bowl mix 2 cups flour, the sugar, 1/4 cup butter, salt and yeast. add warm water, milk, and egg. beat with electic mixer on low speed 1 min, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed 1 min, scraping bowl frequently. Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle

on lighlty floured surface gently roll dough to coat, knead about 5 minutes or until thr dough is smoth and springy. greese large bowl with shortening or spray with cooking spray. place dough in bowl , turning dough to grease all sides. cover dowl loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size. dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.

grease bottom and sides of 13x9 in pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray. gentley push fist into dough to deflate. divide dough into 15 equal parts. shape each part into a ball; place in pan. brush with melted butter. cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place about 30 minutes or until double.

heat oven to 375 bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden brow

DO-AHEAD DINNER ROLLS::::
after placing rolls in pan cover tightly with foil and refrigerate 4 to 24 hours. before baking remove from refrigerator remove foil and cover loosely with plastic wrap. let rise in wam place about 2 hours or until dough has doubled in size (if some rising has occured in the refrigerator, rising time may be less than 2 hours) ..... bake as directed above.

Luscious Lemon Loaf



1 1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 butter or margerine (softened)
...2 eggs
1/2 sour cream
2 Tbls grated lemon peel
1/4 cup lemon

Heat oven to 325 grease bottom of 8x4 loaf pan with shortening or spray. In a small bow mix flour baking soda and salt; set aside. In a large bowl beat sugar and butter with electric mixter on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in eggs, sour cream, loemon peel and juice until blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture until blended. Pour in pan.

Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. cool 10 minutes. loosen from pan and place on wire rack. cool completely about an hour. prepare lemon glaze (see below) drizzle over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down sides.

Lemon glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp grated lemon peel
1 to 2 Tbls lemon juice

in a small bowl mix all ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle