Kaiser Rolls

I found this recipe at Taste of Home and my family loves it when I make homemade buns for our pulled pork sandwiches. Tonight I made Balsamic Honey Pulled Pork Sliders from Six Sisters' Stuff so I figured I should make these again and get them posted this time.

2 T yeast
2 cups warm water
4 T Sugar
1 T salt
1/3 c butter or margarine, melted
6 - 6 1/2 cups flour
1 egg white
2 T cold water
Dehydrated onions, poppy seeds or sesame seeds

In the bowl of your stand mixer, or in a large bowl, mix yeast with 1/2 c warm water and 1 T of the sugar. Let stand until bubbly (3-5 minutes). Add the butter, salt, the other 1 1/2 cups water and the other 3 T sugar. Mix well. Start adding flour one cup at a time on speed 2 (or by hand). When dough is well combined let the mixer (or your hands) knead the dough 2-3 minutes longer. Place in a greased bowl and cover with towel. Let dough raise for 1 hour.

Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 16 pieces. Shape each into a ball. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.

Beat egg white and cold water; brush over rolls. Sprinkle with topping of your choice. Cut a slit into the top of each roll. Bake at 400* for 17-20 minutes

Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Orange Rolls

I made this entire dough recipe and used half for caramel rolls and half for orange rolls. It made a lot of each. I made minis so if you are making full size rolls it's going to make less. I shared with 5 other families. It made that many mini rolls.

Dough- (this is the fairy roll recipe from earlier on the blog)
2 cups boiling water
2 cubes margarine (DON'T USE BUTTER - you may never hear me say that again, but in this recipe it changes everything. Trust me - I found out the hard way)
3/4 cup sugar
2 T. yeast
3 eggs, slightly beaten
6-7 cups flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Filling- (You will have to double this if you are making the entire recipe into orange rolls)
Zest from 1 orange (save the orange)
1/2 c butter, melted

Icing- (You will have to double this if you are making the entire recipe into orange rolls)
Juice from 1 orange
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
3-4 T. heavy whipping cream

Pour boiling water over margarine (You used margarine, right? If not, you'll be sorry.) Stir the sugar into this mixture and then let it cool until just warm. Then add the yeast and beaten eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients. Add these to the wet mixture and stir, stir, stir. Then get your husband to stir when your arm feels like falling off. (Or put it all in your kitchenaid mixer!) Cut the dough into two balls. Throw a towel over the dough and let the dough rise until double. Roll dough out into two large rectangles. Cut each rectangle in half lengthwise (for minis. If you want full size rolls do not do this.) Brush melted butter mixed with orange zest over rolled out dough. Roll up rectangles into spirals and seal edge to roll with a little bit of water. Cut into spirals. and place on a greased 10x13 cookie sheet. Bake at 350* for 16-20 minutes. When rolls have cooled enough to handle mix together powdered sugar and orange juice. Add cream to make desired consistency. Pick up each roll and dip the top into the icing and set on a platter to serve.

Caramel Rolls

I made this entire dough recipe and used half for caramel rolls and half for orange rolls. It made a lot of each. I made minis so if you are making full size rolls it's going to make less. I shared with 5 other families. It made that many mini rolls.

Dough- (this is the fairy roll recipe from earlier on the blog)
2 cups boiling water
2 cubes (1 cup) margarine (DON'T USE BUTTER - you may never hear me say that again, but in this recipe it changes everything. Trust me - I found out the hard way)
3/4 cup sugar
2 T. yeast
3 eggs, slightly beaten
6-7 cups flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Filling- (You'll have to double this if you make the entire dough recipe into caramel rolls)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups butter
1/3 c karo syrup
12-14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 cup brown sugar (to sprinkle over dough before rolling)

Pour boiling water over margarine (You used margarine, right? If not, you'll be sorry.) Stir the sugar into this mixture and then let it cool until just warm. Then add the yeast and beaten eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients. Add these to the wet mixture and stir, stir, stir. Then get your husband to stir when your arm feels like falling off. (Or put it all in your kitchenaid mixer!) Cut the dough into two balls. Throw a towel over the dough and let the dough rise until double. In the meantime place brown sugar (1 1/2 cups), butter and karo in a medium sauce pan. Stir until all is melted well combined. Stir in sweetened condensed milk and pour mixture into two greased 9x13 pans. Roll dough out into two large rectangles. Cut each rectangle in half lengthwise (for minis. If you want full size rolls do not do this.) Sprinkle with brown sugar. Roll up and cut into spirals. Place spirals on top the the caramel mixture and bake at 375* 20-22 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes and then flip pan over onto serving platter.





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Fairy Rolls

This is a family recipe that came from my husband's great-grandma, Vera Barrett. I actually prefer these to the Texas Roadhouse Rolls. Yep. They're that good.

2 cups boiling water
2 cubes/sticks margarine (This is equal to 1 cup) (DON'T USE BUTTER - you may never hear me say that again, but in this recipe it changes everything. Trust me - I found out the hard way)
3/4 cup sugar
2 T. yeast
2 eggs, slightly beaten
6-7 cups flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Pour boiling water over margarine (You used margarine, right? If not, you'll be sorry.) Stir the sugar into this mixture and then let it cool until just warm. THIS IS IMPORTANT! If your water is too warm you will kill the yeast. Then add the yeast and beaten eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients. Add these to the wet mixture and stir, stir, stir. Then get your husband to stir when your arm feels like falling off. (Or put it all in your kitchen-aid mixer!) Throw a towel over the bowl and let the dough rise until double. Shape rolls however you wish. (This dough makes really good cinnamon rolls, caramel rolls & orange rolls, too!) Bake at 350* for about 18 minutes. For cinnamon rolls bake 22-25 minutes.

Texas Roadhouse Rolls - copycat recipe

Texas Roadhouse Rolls - Copycat Recipe

adapted from: Eat Cake For Dinner

4 tsp. active dry yeast

1/2 c. warm water

2 c. milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm

3 Tbl. of melted butter/margarine blend, slightly cooled - I used smart balance

1/3 c. sugar

6 cups flour

2 whole eggs

1 tsp. salt

Dissolve yeast in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar.  Combine yeast mixture, milk, sugar, butter and 3 cups flour. Beat thoroughly. Add eggs and salt. Beat well.

Add enough flour to form a soft dough. Sprinkle a small amount of flour onto counter and let dough rest. Meanwhile, grease a large bowl. Knead dough until smooth and satiny and put in greased bowl; turn over to grease top. (I used the dough hook on my Kitchen-Aid to knead this for about 3-4 minutes). Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size. Punch down. Turn out onto a floured board. Shape dough into desired forms.*** Place on greased baking sheets. Let rise until doubled.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Baste immediately with butter. (I got 25 rolls)

***I rolled the dough out with a rolling pin to 3/4"-1" thick and cut into 25 large rectangles. 







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