Mystery Rolls

 I got this recipe from Ree Drummond- the Pioneer Woman.  She said her mother made these often.  They were easy and yummy.

Mystery Rolls 

1 can flaky biscuits 

4 ounces crumbled blue cheese or gorganzola cheese

1 stick butter

 Preheat oven to 350

Cut biscuits into fourths. Melt butter and cheese on a pan. Roll biscuit pieces in cheese and butter.

Bake until rolls are done.  8-12 minutes.

As the rolls bake, occasionally brush the rolls with the butter/cheese.

Parmesan Pull-Aparts

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups warm water (I heat mine in the microwave for 30 seconds)

2 TBSP sugar

2 TBSP oil

1 1/4 tsp active yeast

1 tsp salt

3-4 cups white flour (I used about 3 cups white and 1/2 cup wheat)

Topping ingredients:

3-4 TBSP olive oil

1 TBSP Garlic Seasoning --combine these 2 ingredients in a small bowl for dipping (The original recipe called for 2 cloves of garlic minced, but I like this seasoning mix personally with other spices as well.)

1/4 cup parmesan cheese on a plate to dip the dough in

Directions:

Combine water, sugar, yeast, oil, & salt in Bosch mixer. Let sit a few minutes until yeast starts to bubble. Then slowly add the flour until it pulls away from the sides. Knead it or continue to mix for 4-5 minutes. Put dough in glass bowl sprayed with oil and turn to coat. Cover with damp cloth and put in an oven warmed to 160 degrees and turned off. Let sit in there for 10-15 minutes to rise a bit. Punch down and  knead for a minute on an oiled surface. Cut into 25-30 pieces with a pizza cutter. Then dip each piece in the olive oil/garlic seasoning mix then in the parmesan and place in a greased 13x9 pan. Let it rise in the warmed oven for 10-15 minutes, then turn the oven on to 350 degrees. It will rise as the oven heats up. Turn on the timer for 15 minutes when you turn the oven back on. Watch them and take the rolls out when they are lightly browned on top. Enjoy! She sure did!

I got the original recipe from Foodapparel.com.

French bread rolls

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

2 tablespoons white sugar

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon salt

4 cups bread flour

Directions:
In a large bowl, stir together warm water, yeast, and sugar. Let stand for a couple minutes.
To the yeast mixture add the oil, salt, and 2 cups flour. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough has pulled away from the sides of the bowl. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes (or knead for 5 minutes with your Bosch). Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat. Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. (I heat my oven to 160 degrees then turn it off. Don't let it get warmer than that or it can kill the yeast. Then I put my dough in to let rise. It's way faster and my little trick.)

Deflate the dough, and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 16 equal pieces (I cut it with a pizza cutter), and form into round balls. Place on lightly greased baking sheets at least 2 inches apart. Let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes (or 15ish minutes using my trick). Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake for 15-18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. OR if you let them rise in the warmed oven with my special trick, just turn on the oven and they'll rise more as it heats. I turned on the oven (which was already at 135) and then turned on the timer for 18 minutes and they looked like this. Enjoy!

I got this recipe from allrecipes.com

Cottage Cheese Butter Horn Rolls

I went to a bread making class by JaDene Denniston and learned this amazing recipe. You can use this recipe as is or you can put stuff in it. My personal favorite is to make them into orange rolls.

Ingredients:
1 pint cottage cheese, warmed
2 eggs
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 cup sugar
2 TBSP yeast
1/2 cup warm water
4 cups flour (no more than 4)

Instructions:
1. Mix the warm water and yeast in your BOSCH and let sit to proof a few minutes.
2. In blender, combine cottage cheese, eggs, salt, soda, and sugar until smooth.
3. Pour into large mixing bowl (or BOSCH if using that).
4. Add flour and knead gently but thoroughly.
5. Let rise 45 minutes to an hour, and fold down.
6. Divide dough into two portions.
7. Roll one half of the dough 1/4" thick into a 12" circle.
8. Spread with soft butter. Cut into 12 pie shapes pieces.
9. Beginning at the rounded edge, roll up. Place on lightly greased pan, point underneath.

10. Let rise for one hour. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes until golden brown.

Now to make them into the delicious orange rolls.

Orange Sugar Mix
1 cup sugar
Orange peel from an orange (zest just the orange part, not the white stuff that's bitter tasting)
1 tsp orange extract or 1/4 tsp orange oil
1/4 cup soft butter (I actually had this w/o the butter and they were divine. Not sure I'll ever put the butter in.)
Mix this together and spread on the 12"circle after the first part of step 8, before you cut it into 12 pieces.
This sugar mix is enough for all of the divided dough, so spread half of it on the first 12" round, saving the rest for the other batch.

Orange Glaze
2 TBSP orange juice
1 tsp grated orange peel (again, no white stuff, just the true orange part)
1 cup powdered sugar
Mix together and drizzle over top of the baked rolls. Enjoy!