November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 Catching KimPosted in Good FoodTagged bake, baked, cooking, delicious, dinner, family, grandma, grandparents, Homemade bread, Homemade rolls, Old fashion rolls, rolls, Southern cooking
Growing up in Southern California my sister and I spent a lot of time at grandma and grandpas house. Kari & I were lucky because our grandma made everything from scratch. Grandma’s Best Rolls Ever were definitely one of our favorites.
During the 60’s our mom was a working single mother. Grandma cooked for us before and after school. Yes we were spoiled and surrounded by a ton of love. We were lucky to have such a close family and grandparents to help take care of us.
When we got home from school, grandma’s house was always filled with the amazing smells of fresh baked cookies, meals and best of all Grandma’s Best Rolls Ever. I miss them and grandma’s cooking.
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Grandma always saved a little extra dough for us to play with, no kids we didn’t have iPad’s, smart phones and only 3 TV channels, dough was fun. we would make all sorts of critters and things with the fun dough. She would often add food coloring to the dough which made it even more fun.
Bread Day Was The Best Day
On bread day, Grandma would make us flap jacks with the fresh dough. Flap Jacks are pieces of smashed bread dough fried in a ton of butter then topped with her delicious homemade jam! It was amazing.
With my love for Grandma’s best rolls ever I needed to share the recipe with all of you. I make lots of soups, stews and other dishes and these rolls complete each meal.
If you’re stumped for cooking ideas, I recommend The Spicy Southern Cook website to find some great meals that will go perfect with Grandma’s Best Rolls Ever.
Grandma didn’t use rapid rise yeast, but I do and it sure makes the process faster without losing any taste. I also use olive oil instead of vegetable oil and spray on olive oil instead of butter to grease my pans.
Grandma's Best Rolls Ever
Delicious light and fluffy dinner rolls
- 6.5 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 pkg Rapid Rise Active Yeast
- 1/3 cup olive oil (can substitute corn, vegetable or canola oil)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 cups Hot Water (Hot water from the sink is fine, just make sure it is hot)
- 2 tbsp butter (melted )
- 1 whole egg (mixed)
- Olive oil non stick cooking spray (You can also butter pie plates if you prefer)
Add flour to a large mixing bowl and make a hole in the center of the flour
Add sugar into the center of the hole, then add the yeast
Add salt on the side, do not put in the hole
Add olive oil outside of the flour hole
Add the hot water to the center
Use a wooden spoon or silicone spatula and mix together. As it gets sticky, coat your hands with flour and take the dough out of the bowl and drop onto a clean flat surface that is sprinkled with flour. Knead the dough until it is relatively smooth.
You may have to add flour if it is to sticky. Coat hands often with a dusting of flour to avoid having the dough stick to your fingers. form a big ball.
Place dough back in the bowl and cover with clean dishtowel.
Let Rise for approximately 60 to 75 minutes
Remove dough, divide dough into 3 equal parts
Spray non-stick olive oil spray into 3 pie tins or cake pans
Divide each of the 3 balls into 6-8 equal parts and roll into round balls. Place the balls into pie plates.
Cover and let rise for another 60 to 90 minutes. I usually cover with a clean dish towel.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
Mix egg in a small bowl. Use basting brush and lightly coat all of the rolls with the egg.
Place the pans in preheated oven and set the timer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes reduce the heat to 350 degrees and continue to cook the rolls for an additional 16 minutes or until they are golden brown on top and bottom.
Remove the rolls from the oven and using the cleaned basting brush coat with melted butter.
For best results serve hot out of the oven.
Modifications For Grandma’s Best Rolls Ever
If you don’t want to do rolls, you can split the dough in half and put it into lightly greased bread pans and have two loaves of bread, cook time will be 20 minutes longer. I also use this dough for pizza, base for cinnamon rolls, empanadas, and where ever my imagination takes me.
Leftover Rolls
Left over rolls make perfect slider buns or sandwich rolls for the next day.
These are the perfect rolls for your Thanksgiving or Christmas meals!
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