Friday, January 29, 2010

Homemade Yeast Rolls

Trying this recipe today - from Frugal Food. Working really great!

2 cups lukewarm water (free!)
2 Tbsp yeast (or 2 pkgs) (50c)
1/2 cup sugar (11c)*
Mix well. Let set for about 15mins or until bubbly. This will test if the yeast is good. Bad (old) yeast won't bubble.
Add:
2 eggs (12c)
1 Tbsp salt (negligible)
1/2 cup oil (13c)
6-8cups flour (until not sticky) (1.00)
I used 1/2 cup melted margarine instead of the oil.
Mix until dough forms. Let set 45mins or more. Punch down & knead. Divide into loaves & place in greased loaf pans OR pull off dough and form into 2" balls to make hot rolls. Bake at 350F 45mins to 1hr for bread, 20-30mins for rolls. Makes 2 loaves or 30 rolls.

So the plan is to use half the dough for some homemade fried bread and make some buns with what's left.

EDITED TO REPORT - Fantastic dough for fry bread. So so good - would also make fantastic elephant ears. Buns were a lovely texture - a tad too sweet for my liking...but Russ loved them.

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