I hope you all ate a lot of Easter candy, ham, homemade mac n cheese, fluffy fruit, cream and marshmallow salad, and rolls. I personally ate all of the above and plan on swelling like a balloon from all that salt. I finally got my Mom's roll recipe to taste right!! I am so happy to have figured out how to make them since there is no Idle Isle to order them from. I have been spoiled and now have to learn how to "rough it." That is, I now have to cook every bit of every festive meal because there are no relatives to pawn the less elegant tasks of meal preparation off too.
Because seriously, it cost me more to make these suckers than a dozen from Idle Isle ever did and it took like a billion times longer for the results. All of that kneading, rising, punching down, shaping and baking took all day! Where as a 30 second phone call and a 3 mile car ride got me the same results.
Now lets break down cost:
2 packages yeast $1.31
4 cups bread flour $1.84
2 eggs $.27
So far I am at $3.42 and I haven't added milk, salt, sugar, or shortening. 1 dozen rolls was $3 after that brief car ride into Brigham. Oh well. They were good.
The best part of Easter (aside from the fact that our Savior died for us and was resurrected on the third day) is of course the PEEPS!! I hope you all bit their heads off and left a few out the night before to get a little hard for extra crunch. And leave a few more out for the rest of the week to get even harder so that the marshmallow and sugar get stuck on your teeth, when you bite of their heads.
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Happy Easter, and congrats on the roll making! I do not work with yeast as a medium. It just doesn't connect with me!
I don't know what's more impressive...your work with rolls or cow eyeballs. I will have to ponder that!
I just do Rhodes Rolls! They are fast and easy and my family loves them.
I also have been known to eat a few peeps! They are even better if left open for about a week.
I think you should run for president--there's nothing vice about you!!!!
And I hear ya about the sweats! My kids have asked me if I will ever take them to school wearing something other than pajamas. the answer: no!
Happy Easter! And have fun in UT. We just got back from there for spring break. Wish we could have coordinated, but it sounds like you'll be plenty busy! Miss ya!
I am glad you had a fun Easter and got to eat yummy food! Can't wait to see you this weekend! And just so you know, the word verification I have to type in is longer than my above comment!
I'm more of a chocolate bunny person myself, but the links are great!
I LOVE PEEPS! It must be a family thing. I honestly haven't met anyone who likes them outside of my family.
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