Easter Blessing Rolls~

THESE ARE SO GOOD! I made them Easter morning and a few times since!
~the marshmallow melts and the roll is hollow; so a good object lesson to teach the Easter story.


1 package of marshmallows,
large1 package of frozen roll dough (THAWED). i.e. Rhodes Frozen Rolls
1/4 C butter, melted
6 Tablespoons of Sugar
1 tsp of Cinnamon

The Night Before: mix your cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl and then put the bowl to the side. Carefully open your package of now thawed dinner rolls and separate them. With your hands flatten each roll out into a small circle. Place a large marshmallow into the center of each circle. Pinch it closed, carefully making sure the seal is tight.Then roll it in your hands to make it more of a ball shape and hide the seams. Place it on a large cookie sheet with sides (or cake pan). While cooking the marshmallow make leak out and you don’t want a gooey mess in the bottom of your oven. Continue until all the dough is used. Melt your butter in the microwave for around 20 seconds. Then brush the melted butter generously onto each roll.Then sprinkle the rolls with your sugar/cinnamon mixture. Cover your rolls with a plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Easter Morning. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Remove the plastic wrap and place your cookie sheet in the oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown.Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes. The smell will be so good you won’t want to wait too long before the whole family devours them.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread :)

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

I was looking all morning for a chocolate bread recipe! I found one the other night on a blog and couldn't find it again this morning! :( I was sad, but then I found this one at www.sistercafe.blogspot.com so I decided to give it a try! THIS IS VERY CHOCOLATEY(is that even a word?); I like dark-rich chocolate, but I am not convinced that Spencer liked it? Next time I may use Milk Chocolate chips and a little less cocoa? I will have to experiment with it!

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 1/4 cups mashed bananas (about 3)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350. Spray bottom of 8x4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Beat sugar, eggs, and oil in large bowl at medium speed until combined. Beat in banana and vanilla at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; beat into banana mixture at low speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

3 Spoon batter into pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

Italian Roll~

Last night for dinner we had this! I was in a hurry trying to get it out of the oven and on the table before I left for dance so the pictures aren't the greatest, but it would be hard to explain how to do it without pictures! I wish I would of taken one before I braided the roll? I will try and explain?

To make you will need a loaf of Rhodes frozen bread or you can make your own! I didn't have time yesterday to make my own! :( Then your favorite pizza toppings! Since I don't eat much meat ours are pretty simple, sauce, cheese, olives, Italian seasoning, and Spencer likes Pepperoni. Also you will need a couple egg whites. For my sauce I used Shirley J's pizza and pasta sauce with tomato sauce! Yummy! :)
1. Roll out dough into a rectangle. (at least 10-12 inches wide)
2. Place on a greased baking sheet; I used a cookie sheet.
3. Imagine dough in thirds; one third in center will be left to place filling, and the two sides will be cut to braid. Cut dough horizontal on long sides of rectangle about one inch wide. Leaving the center to place the pizza fillings! (DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?) I might need to make it again and take a picture??? Hopefully the picture below helps!
4. Place fillings in center! Sauce, cheese, etc.! :)

5. Starting at the top, fold one side then the opposite side. Continue until you have a braid!p.s. the girls helped me so we kindof had a mess and toppings everywhere!

6. Beat the egg whites and brush on braid.
7. If desired sprinkle top with Italian Seasoning!

Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until brown! LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU ARE CONFUSED AND I NEED TO EXPLAIN BETTER?Sorry this picture really isn't good! I wanted to get one when it was baked and this is what I ended up with! No time to transfer into on to a pretty serving dish! :(

Enjoy! We had a yummy green salad with ours last night!

Cinnamon Burst Bread

The Finished Product! YUM!

I am going to try and take a few more "step pictures" I didn't get too many today, but this is the bread about 30 minutes into second rising session!

Cinnamon Burst Bread (like Great Harvest's)
Makes 4 Loaves

3 T. yeast
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs, beaten lightly (1/4 C. Dry Egg Powder +1/2 C. Water)
3 3/4 cup warm water
4 1/2 tsp. salt
3 T. vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups cinnamon bites (I used bites from the Prepared Pantry, but I think Hershey's makes a cinnamon chip)
11-12 cups flour (You can also use Whole Wheat; I am going to try next time! You can do half whole white and half all-purpose also!)

Combine in mixing bowl 4 cups flour, yeast, and sugar. Add water, eggs, and oil. Beat well to "cake batter" stage. Stir in salt and 7 more cups flour to make bread-dough consistency. Let mixer knead it to the right texture (add up to 1 more cup flour if needed).*Add the bites during this stage, but don't add them if your dough is too hot or warm! They will melt! Trust me I know from experience! :) Place dough in greased bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour. Shape dough into 4 loaves. Let rise for another hour or until doubled. Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes. Slice thick and serve warm with butter, or toast slices in the toaster (be careful, the cinnamon bites can burn your fingers), or make slices into French Toast. Yummy!

*I just enjoyed a piece of our freshly made bread and it is absolutely wonderful! We are going to have french toast for dinner and I can't wait! ;)

White Bread!

This is the recipe that I use often! It is fairly easy and delicious!

Makes wonderful cinnamon rolls, rolls, scones, and bread!



1/4 cup yeast

4 cups warm water

1 cup sugar

2TBSP. salt

1 cup melted butter

4 cups milk

6 eggs

18 to 20 cups flour



Soften Yeast in warm water and sugar. Add remaining ingredients, one by one, and mix well! Let rise untilo double builk. Punch down and let rise again. Shape into loaves and let rise. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes! Makes 9 loaves.

Coconut Bread

Coconut Bread

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 tsp. coconut flavoring
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup coconut

Combine eggs, sugar, oil, and flavoring and mix well. Add dry ingredients, mixing well as you add the buttermilk slowly. Stir in the coconut. Makes 2 loaves or 1 bundt pan. Grease and flour pan of choice very well. Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done when tested and golden brown.

Glaze:
Combine 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, and 2 TBSP. butter. Boil for 5 minutes and then add 1 tsp. coconut flavoring. Pour syrup over hot bread.

A really yummy treat!

Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough

2 3/4 to 3 1/4 cup flour (also good with wheat flour!!)
1 TBSP. yeast
1 cup warm water
2 TBSP. oil
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese

Mix and knead for a couple minutes. Let raise for 10 to 15 minutes. Roll and shape in pan. Prick with a fork. Bake at 400 degrees until it just starts to turn golden brown. Take it out and spread with sauce, cheese, and you favorite toppings. Place back in the oven and cook until cheese is good and melted.
~I liked to spread my pan with butter and sprinkle with garlic powder before I put the pizza dough on it!

Banana Sour Cream Bread

Banana Sour Cream Bread

1/4 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup butter

3 cups white sugar

3 eggs

6 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 (16 ounce) container sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons baking soda

4 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease four bread pans. In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Dust pans lightly with cinnamon and sugar mixture. In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar. Mix eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla, and cinnamon. Mix in salt, baking soda, and flour. Stir in nuts. Divide into prepared pans. Bake for 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Bread

Makes 2 loaves

3 eggs
1 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cup grated peeled zucchini
3 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. baking powder

Beat eggs until foamy, add oil, sugar, zucchini, and vanilla; sift in dry ingredients. Bake one hour at 350 degrees.

Parmesan Herb Loaf!

PARMESAN HERB LOAF
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
1/2 cup warm water
1 tsp. baking soda
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup sour cream
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 Tbsp. minced onion

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Knead 5-6 minutes of until dough is smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl in a warm area and allow to raise 3o minutes. Shape in loaf and place in greased loaf pan. Let raise until double. Bake at 350 degress for 30-40 minutes or until bread makes a hollow sound when you thump in the center of loaf. Remove from pan and allow to cool on wire rack!