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Super Sandwich Rolls

July 17th, 2009 |

Author: Dolly

Valerie’s Super Sandwich Rolls – Serves 12

9 oz beer
3 tbsp powdered milk
1/4 cup potato flakes, instant
1-1/2 tbsp shortening
1-1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 tbsp sugar
3 cups bread flour
2 tsp Yeast, Active Dry*

Put ingredients in bread machine in order listed. Set machine for 1-1/2 lb, dough setting. Start.

When the dough is ready, take it out of the machine and set it on a floured counter to rest for a few minutes.

Roll to about 1/2″ thick and cut with 3″ biscuit cutter. Ball up the scraps and repeat. You should be able to get about 12 hamburger-size rolls from this.

Set rolls a couple inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush with egg wash (1 egg, beat with 2 tsp. water) and sprinkle with sesame seeds** if desired.

Let rise for 35 minutes in a warm place.

Bake for 20 minutes in a pre-heated 375° oven.

This is just my quick, lazy way to shape the rolls when I’m in a hurry. It works well, though! Normally I would knead the dough after taking out of the bread machine and then shape it by hand. You can also make delicious sub rolls with this dough; it makes about 8 of those.

*If you can get your yeast nearly free by using coupons, by all means go for it. But if you make bread regularly (like I do), purchase it at a warehouse club like Costco or Sams; it’s usually just over $2 a POUND. It will keep a long time in the freezer. Mine is in a small Tupperware container in the freezer door.

**Sesame seeds are really expensive in the spice aisle of the grocery store, so check to see if your store sells them in their bulk section. I got mine at WinCo– $1.93 for about half a POUND.

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Day 1 – All You Grocery Challenge (AYGC)

July 13th, 2009 |

Author: Dolly

Nothing spectacular today. No shopping. For breakfast and lunch we pretty much grazed on food we had around (fruit, microwavable meals, home-made bread for sandwiches).

For dinner I made a variation of chicken fettuccine Alfredo, using some canned chicken I got during a triples event several months ago (35 cents), some fresh-frozen pasta (double dollar coupon off $2.29, making it 29 cents), and alfredo sauce made from scratch.

I used a recipe from AllRecipes.com which called for mozzarella in addition to the Parmesan cheese. I used some homemade cheese that I’ll loosely refer to as mozzarella, though the texture was off (tasted fine).

I’ll be attempting the mozzarella again once I find a source for rennet. I had the heavy cream for the Alfredo sauce on hand from another recipe, and had been planning on making more mascarpone cheese with it until I realized it was ULTRA pasteurized, which basically keeps the cheese from curdling properly. I have successfully made mascarpone in the past, then the last time I tried it was a flop and I couldn’t figure out why… learned the reason by reading a cheese-making book to figure out why the mozzarella didn’t work out. I’m guessing it was old rennet.

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Tags: All You Grocery Challenge, homemade bread, homemade cheese |

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