Lions House Dinner Rolls

These are the only rolls that I have ever successfully made. We think they are pretty yummy. The best part about them is that they make a huge batch, but the recipe gives you an option to make them in a way that you can freeze them and pull them out and use when you need to.

Just for reference, Jenny, these are the rolls I made a few months ago when we were bbqing at Angi's that you really liked.

So here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
2 cups warm water (110–115 degrees)
2/3 cups nonfat dry milk
2 Tablespoons dry yeast (if you are freezing the rolls, double this)
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/3 cup butter, shortening, or margarine
1 egg
4 1/2 –5 cups flour
1/2 cup butter melted

Directions:
In an electric mixer, combine water and dry milk powder, stirring until milk dissolves. Add yeast, then sugar, salt, butter, egg, and 2 cups of the flour. Mix on low speed until ingredients are wet. Increase mixer speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups flour. Mix on low speed until ingredients are wet, then for two minuetes at medium speed. (dough will be getting stiff and remaining flour may need to be mixed in by hand.)Add remaining flour. 1/2 cup at a time, and  mix again until dough is soft, not overly sticky, and not stiff.

scrape dough off sides of the bowl and pour about 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil all around the sides of teh bowl. Turn doug over in the bowl so it is covered with oil. cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise in warm place until doubled in sized (about 1 1/2 hours).

Shape rolls how you like them. I like to dip them in melted butter at this point, but the recipe says to brush them with melted butter when they come out of the over. You can choose how you like to do it or put butter on them before and after :).

Place on greased cookie sheet. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until the rolls are double in size.

Note: If you are going to freeze them, here is where that comes in. To freeze them you shape the rolls and then I put them on a cookie sheet and stick them in the freezer. once they are good and frozen, I take the cookie sheet out and put them in a ziplock baggie and then keep them in the freezer until they are ready to use.

 Bake at 375 for 15–20 minutes.

Eat with honey butter, raspberry honey butter, or whatever you like!

Recipe is from my Lion House Bakery Cookbook

Chow Mein Noodels

Last but not least, here is a recipe I really like. It is good for when you need a vegetarian meal, which doesn't happen very often at our house!

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2012/12/our-version-of-panda-express-chow-mein.html

So this recipe only calls for  celery and onions, but I made it yesterday and loaded it with veggies and it was way good. I added zucchini, broccoli, green peppers, and onions. Yum.

Cinnamon Roll Popcorn

Tyce and Emrie both LOVE this stuff. So do I. I made a simpler version of it and didn't add the nuts or the white chocolate and it was still super yummy.

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/09/cinnamon-caramel-corn-with-pecans-white-chocolate-aka-cinnamon-bun-popcorn/

Tacos with a twist

I made these tonight and they turned out really good. They are really simple—basically hard-shell tacos with a little bit of a twist, but I thought they were quite tasty!

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/07/oven-baked-beef-tacos-recipe.html

Peanut Ginger Chicken with Mango Salsa and Coconut Rice

Here is another recipe from Becca. She would always share this with us when she made it. It is soooooooooo yummy! :)

http://kariesrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/03/peanut-ginger-chicken-with-mango-salsa.html

Sticky Buns

My friend Becca used to make these every conference weekend. They are super yummy and easy. I just emailed her and got the recipe so I thought I would share.

1/2 c Pecans

1/2 package COOK AND SERVE butterscotch pudding powder

18-22 frozen Rhodes Rolls

1/2 c Butter

1/2 c Brown Sugar

Spray Bundt pan with oil!!! 

Pecans on bottom

Sprinkle butterscotch on top

Put rolls on top

Mix melted butter and brown sugar to make a paste...

Drizzle that on top of all the rolls.

Spray plastic wrap with oil, and cover pan.

Leave over night to rise (8 ish hours)

350 for 20-30 min, till the tops of the rolls are golden brown.