The things you can do in a slow cooker! For years, I thought the only thing a slow cooker was good for was stew, but man was I ever wrong. I use it for so much more now, from jam to dessert, pork roast to roasted pecans and sweet potatoes. And then I discovered you could make bread in the slow cooker. It makes perfect sense, the warm, … [Read more...] about Slow Cooker Cacio e Pepe Dinner Rolls
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Honey Black Pepper Cornmeal Dinner Rolls
I’ve spoken many times before about my desire to produce perfect baked breads and rolls, and my all-to-frequent failures with yeast, kneading and patience. But my quest for easy, no fuss, no fail breads and dinner rolls is an on-going adventure. Sometimes I hit, sometimes I miss, but this recipe is definitely a hit. Instant yeast and the stand mixer make idiot proof rolls like … [Read more...] about Honey Black Pepper Cornmeal Dinner Rolls
Hot Honey Dinner Rolls
There is nothing in the world like freshly baked yeasty rolls. The smell of them baking, the first soft bite of a warm roll, the feeling of accomplishment in having made them. I am by no means an expert at the vagaries of yeast and baking, so I am always intrigued by simple recipes for breads and rolls, like this one. This process is pretty simple and foolproof, with no … [Read more...] about Hot Honey Dinner Rolls
Cottage Cheese Dinner Rolls
When I leaf through cookbooks, I mark recipes that look interesting with little post-it flags. I frequently go back through those marked pages when I am looking for ideas, and it is always interesting when I return to books to see what caught my attention at any particular moment. Recently, I was flipping through some old community cookbooks to pass the time and I came across … [Read more...] about Cottage Cheese Dinner Rolls