Main Dish Idea (Julie)

An idea for bread dough, I roll the dough, as though for cinnamon rolls, and make a dinner meal using themed ingredients . Spread the dough with appropriate sauce, add meats and toppings.Pizza toppings. Ham and peas with cheese sauce. Hamburger, onions and peppers. Cream of whatever soup, chicken, mushrooms,etc... Whatever you like, then roll and cut. Add more sauce over rolls after baking, if desired.

Cinnamon Rolls (Christy)

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Garden Veggie Pizza Squares (Mary)

Prep Time:5 Min Cook Time:15 Min Ready In:1 Hr 30 Min



Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent rolls or pizza roll
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (1 ounce) package Ranch-style dressing mix
2 carrots, finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped red bell peppers
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup fresh broccoli, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green onions

Directions:

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2.Roll out crescent rolls onto a large non-stick baking sheet. Stretch and flatten to form a single rectangular shape on the baking sheet. Bake 11 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Allow to cool.

3.Place cream cheese in a medium bowl. Mix cream cheese with 1/2 of the ranch dressing mix. Adjust the amount of dressing mix to taste. Spread the mixture over the cooled crust. Arrange carrots, red bell pepper, broccoli and green onions on top. Chill in the refrigerator approximately 1 hour. Cut into bite-size squares to serve.

Toasty English Muffins (Joycelyn)

1 pkg. yeast
1/4 cup warm water
3 cup flour
1 1/4 cup scalded milk
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 cup corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup margarine

Soften yeast in warm water. Add sugar, salt and margarine and let cool to lukewarm. Stir in 1 cup flour and add yeast and cornmeal mixing well. Beat 2 min. on medium speed with an electric mixer or beat 300 vigorous strokes with wooden spoon. Beat in remaining flour to make soft dough. Cover and let rise in warm place until double. (About 1 hour) The dough will be very soft dough almost too sticky to handle.
(I use my Kitchen Aid mixer to mix the dough)

Stir down and roll out to 1/2 inch thickness on floured board. Sprinkle with corn meal. Cut in 3-4 inch rounds, cover, and let rise for 30 minutes.

Heat slightly greased griddle to 300 degrees. (I prefer to use an electric fry pan so I can control the temperature. I also place the lid on fry pan to aid in cooking the muffins through to the middle easier.)

Place muffins on griddle cornmeal side down. Cook each muffin for 4-5 minutes and then turn over and cook for another 4-5 minutes. Cool.

Use a fork to separate the muffins as cutting with a knife destroys the texture of the muffins.

Frozen Refrigerator Rolls (Joycelyn)

This makes a big batch so freeze them like Rhodes Rolls and pull them out when you need them. You can make any shape roll you desire.

4 cups warm milk add 1 cube margarine
6 eggs in a mixing bowl beat with 1 cup sugar 2 tsp. salt add milk and margarine
Dissolve 2 tbs. yeast in 1/2 cup warm water and add to mixture
Add enough flour to make a soft dough.

Let dough double in size on counter then shape and cook OR let sit in the refrigerator over night then shape and cook the next day.ORForm into balls and place on greased cookie sheet and freeze. After frozen place in a freezer bag to store until ready to use.

There are a couple options to thaw. Place them on a greased pan that you want to bake them in then cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick spray so the wrap doesn’t stick to the rolls. They can sit covered over night in the fridge. Bring out and let rise half hour to 1 hour or until doubled.

For Cinnamon Rolls:
You can also roll the dough into a rectangle spread with margarine brown sugar and cinnamon and roll it up, then cut into slices and flash freeze (or freeze them individually before putting them together in a bag to freeze in the freezer) on greased cookie sheets.

For Monkey Bread or Sticky Buns:






Break pieces of dough into 1 inch balls and flash freeze.





Place 72 one inch frozen dough balls in a bunt pan. Mix together the following:
1 small pkg pudding mix vanilla OR butterscotch flavor (not instant)
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
4 Tablespoons cream

Pour caramel mixture over frozen dough. Let rise over night and bake in the morning or make in the morning and cook in the evening.

(Optional--mix 1 1/2 cup chopped nuts of your choice in with the 1 1/2 inch balls of dough before adding sauce)

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and invert onto a plate so warm caramel runs down sides. Enjoy!