Mimis Holiday Wheat Rolls Recipes

HOLIDAY WREATH ROLLS

Steps:

• Adjust the oven racks to the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a 12-cup Bundt pan liberally with 4 tablespoons melted butter.
• Combine the cheese, garlic, and herbs in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Open the biscuit cans and separate each biscuit. Roll the biscuits into balls. Dip each ball into the 1/2 cup melted butter, then into the cheese-herb mixture, making sure that the whole ball is covered. Place into the prepared pan. Repeat with the remaining biscuits until you have filled the pan with butter-and-herb-covered balls of dough. The balls of dough will overlap.
• Place in the oven and bake for 35 minutes. Cool in the pan then turn out onto a cake pedestal. Allow guests to use their hands to break off a roll to enjoy.

WHOLE WHEAT ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, sugar, yeast and salt; set aside. In a large saucepan, heat milk, water and butter to 120°-130° add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add egg; beat until smooth. Stir in enough all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl; turn once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down; shape into 12 balls. Place in a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. , Meanwhile, preheat oven 400°. If desired, brush tops of rolls with oil. Bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Cover loosely with foil if top browns too quickly. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool.

MIMI'S ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the lukewarm water; let proof for about 15 minutes.
• Add the lukewarm milk, butter, sugar, and salt; mix well.
• Add 4 cups of the flour and mix well.
• Add the beaten eggs and mix well.
• Add the last of the flour adding only enough to get a soft dough (probably will need most of it).
• Place on floured board and knead for about 3 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl and rise once--about 1-1 1/2 hours.
• Make rolls and place on a greased pan.
• Rise till rounded in pan--about 1 hour--don't over-rise.
• Bake in a 375-400 degree oven for about 10-15 minutes--if they are getting too brown, cover them with a piece of foil.
• CHEESE FINGERS: Make dough fingers about 2"-3" long; dip one side in melted butter and then in parmesan cheese--bake.

WHOLE WHEAT ROLLS

Steps:

• Stir sugar in warm water in large bowl.
• Sprinkle yeast over top.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Stir to dissolve yeast.
• Beat in next 5 ingredients in order given.
• Beat on medium for about 2 minutes until smooth.
• Work in enough whole wheat flour until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
• Turn out onto floured surface.
• Knead 8 to 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
• Place in greased bowl, turning once to grease top.
• Cover with clean tea towel.
• Let stand in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Punch dough down.
• Cut off egg-sized pieces.
• Shape into buns.
• Place on greased baking sheet.
• Cover again with tea towel.
• Let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Bake in 350 oven for 15-20 minutes or until nicely browned.
• Makes 18 buns.

LIGHT WHEAT ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• Mix sugar, salt, 1/4 cup melted butter, egg, and whole wheat flour into yeast mixture. Stir in all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn dough out onto a well floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place dough in bowl, and turn to coat. Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Punch down dough, cover, and let rise in warm place until doubled again, about 30 minutes.
• Grease 2 dozen muffin cups. Punch down dough, and divide into two equal portions. Roll each into a 6x14 inch rectangle, and cut rectangle into twelve 7x1 inch strips. Roll strips up into spirals, and place into muffin cups. Brush tops with melted butter. Let rise uncovered in a warm place 40 minutes, or until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven, and brush again with melted butter.

MIMI'S NEVER FAIL REFRIGERATOR ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Mix 1st 3 ingredients in a small bowel. Let yeast and sugar dissolve and start bubbling.
• 2. In a large bowl I add water and shortening and then microwave until water is warm enough to melt shortening. I then stir in sugar and salt. When it has cooled down to lukewarm I add the yeast mixture and combine. Beat egg and add to bowl.
• 3. Add flour and mix well. Form into a ball, pour a little bit of oil into bottom of bowl and turn dough to coat on all sides. Cover and let rest untl doubled in size.
• 4. Pre-heat oven to 400. Mash down dough and knead on a flour covered surface until smooth and elastic. At this point dough may be covered and kept in fridge until ready to use. Just remove dough from fridge and allow to warm a little then proceed with recipe.
• 5. In 13 x 9 pan melt 1/2 to 1 stick of butter. Pinch pieces of dough off and form into balls of dough or whatever shape you prefer. Cover and let rise. Bake until golden brown and serve.

MIMI'S BREAD MACHINE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients one at a time in the order listed above.
• Follow bread machine manufacturer's recommendations for baking bread.

MIMI'S GIANT WHOLE-WHEAT BANANA-STRAWBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 large muffin cups, or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, applesauce, oil, brown sugar, vanilla and bananas. Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon; Stir into the banana mixture until moistened. Stir in the strawberries until evenly distributed. Spoon batter into muffin cups until completely filled.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the tops of the muffins spring back when pressed lightly. Cool before removing from the muffin tins.

MIMI'S HOLIDAY WHEAT ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Mix yeast and water with 1 teaspoon sugar, let sit until frothy. Add buttermilk,which has had the baking soda stirred into it. Combine honey and oil and stir together with all other liquid ingredients. While stirring together the rest of the ingredients put a 9 x 13 pan with a stick of butter added into the oven while it is preheating, until the butter has melted.
• 2. Combine all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder. Stir liquids into the flour mixture.
• 3. Drop dough by large spoonfuls into the bowl of flour and knead each piece a few times. Dip the kneaded dough into melted butter in the pan and place into the 9 x 13 pan.
• 4. Store prepared rolls in refrigerator until ready to use and remove from refrigerator and let warm and rise. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake rolls for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.