Today is the day i am making homemade bread rolls; the weather is cold, and i figured that i may as well take advantage of that and warm up the house in a pleasing way.
It is a time consuming process…but, from the time i started heating the milk , butter and sugar for the base in a small non-stick sauce pan; i start anticipating that nutty, sweet bread smell. The tangy yeast dissolves in the warm water quickly; and, when added to the liquid base…it starts taking on a life of it’s own.
I started adding the eggs to the liquid base and whaaaa laaa…the grains and flour start going in. Soon, it is time for the nitty- gritty of bread baking.
Time to get rid of the mixing spoon, stick my well washed hands in and just start hand blending all of the ingredients; so that they are all well mixed. It starts to take on that yeasty bread smell. It takes a few minutes to get the sticky dough off of my hands. Well worth the inconvience, i say!
Put it all in a large glass mixing bowl and cover it up with a towel and let it rise in the warmth of the open oven door. Waiting is the time consuming part.
This particular recipe is extra- special good…but, it has to rise twice. Once in the bowl…then, i pinch off small globs and put them into greased muffin tins. Let them rise another 20 minutes….until they resemble puffed up, mushroom shaped rolls.
While the oven does its stuff heating up the dough to the right temperature to finish baking them into the warm, fluffly rolls; I melt the stick of real butter that will be brushed on top to keep in the moisture and add the last finishing touch.
There is nothing, that says welcome home, like fresh baked bread. It’s only to be matched with a nice batch of home made chicken soup. Ummm..it is good to be hibernating on this freezing cold day. Thank you God for a home to be in and the ingredients to make a wonderful meal that will last for a couple of days.
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