Hot Rolls

I could have sworn this recipe was already on here, but I guess it's not! So, it's about stinking time I shared my favorite roll recipe. Years ago, my step-mom gave me a cookbook full of recipes from her coworkers, and this recipe for "hot rolls" was in there. We LOVE it!!! It makes huge, fluffy rolls. I pull it out when asked to bring rolls for Thanksgiving or Christmas. 

Marsha's Hot Rolls

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups water, hottest you get from tap
• 6 Tbsp. sugar
• 3 Tbsp. oil
• 1 Tbsp. yeast
• 5 cups flour
• 2 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Mix eggs, water, sugar and oil together.   
2. Sprinkle yeast on top of mixture, stir slightly, let sit for 10-15 minutes or until yeast is foamy.  
3. Sprinkle enough flour on top of yeast to protect it from salt.  
4. Sprinkle salt on top of the flour, then sprinkle more flour on top of the salt.  
5. Mix in then add the rest of the flour until dough is not sticky.  
6. Let raise for one hour.  
7. Roll out on floured surface and cut in to rolls.  Place rolls in two greased pans and let raise.  
8. Cook for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Marsha's Notes:

These rolls are HUGE if you use one 9x13 pan, so I use one 9x13 and then another smaller pan to make my rolls. They still come out softball-sized, so you could totally do rolls even half this size and make two 9x13 pans, I would imagine.

The dough comes together pretty easily if you use the dough hook on your stand mixer.

Here is is out of the bowl after its first rise.

I added about a 1/2 cup of flour to help keep the dough from sticking to my hands while I form the rolls.

Each ball of dough is about 100 grams.

Depending on how much extra flour you add to the dough and how heavy you make your balls will determine how many rolls you get. Getting 15-20 is pretty typical. This is what the balls look like before you do the second rise and then bake.

Lion House Dinner Rolls

I just made these rolls out of my "Lion House Entertaining" cookbook for the first time today, and they are delicious!  If you aren't familiar with the Lion House, click here.  Light and fluffy, I think these rolls are going to be devoured at dinner tonight!

Lion House Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:

• 2 Tbl. yeast
• 2 cups warm water
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup shortening, margarine, or butter
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2/3 cup nonfat dry milk
• 1 egg
• 5-6 cups all-purpose flour
• butter or margarine, melted 

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix yeast and water and let stand 5 minutes.  Add sugar, shortening, salt, dry milk, egg, and 2 cups of the flour.  Beat together until smooth.  Gradually add remaining flour until soft dough is formed.  Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic.  Place in a greased bowl; cover and let rise until dough doubles in bulk. Punch down; divide into thirds.
2. Roll out one third of dough into a circle; cut into 12 pie-shaped pieces.  Starting at the wide end, roll up each piece into a crescent.  Place on greased baking sheet with point on bottom.  Repeat with remainder of dough.  Brush tops with melted butter or margarine.  Let rise under double in size.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.  Serve warm.  Makes 3 dozen rolls.