Cast Iron Rolls

OMG.....I'm making these again tomorrow they were that good and my husband said that there was something "sexy" about them being served in the skillet!! Excuse me while I wipe the proud tear from my eye while you enjoy these rolls. 

So I used my recipe for the knockoff Texas Roadhouse Rolls(a previous post) and made it BETTER!! Enjoy!!

DIRECTIONS:

Note: instead of cutting in squares I did round. 

After rising, brush rolls with melted garlic butter.

Sprinkle on chopped rosemary. Brush with additional butter. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.

Bake at 359 degrees for 10 to 15 mins until rolls are a deep golden brown on top. Then brush with more butter....DUH!!

Serve skillet on the table.

Lemon Sticky Rolls

****BREAD MACHINE RECIPE***

This is basically my cinnamon roll dough minus a few things and then adding one of my all time flavors......LEMON!!!! I mean honestly you can't go wrong with lemons....what not to love?!?!

This is a great recipe for brunch, Saturday mornings or church mornings.

 Ingredients

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 lemon zested 

2 tsp vanilla 

Sticky Lemon Filling

1 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger

2 lemons, zested and juiced

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, very soft

Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze

4 ounces cream cheese, softened

Juice of 1 lemon

1 cup powdered sugar

1 lemon, zested

Directions

In saucepan, heat 1/2 cup milk, water, and 2 tablespoons butter until very warm. Place milk mixture, salt, flour, yeast, sugar, and eggs in the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the Dough cycle. Press Start.

Once Dough cycle is complete, remove the dough from the bread machine and punch down. On a floured surface, roll into a large rectangle. Smear with the softened butter and then spread lemon sugar mixture over. 

Lightly grease a 13×9 inch baking dish with baking spray or butter. Roll the dough up tightly, starting from the top long end. Cut the long dough roll into 12 even rolls, and place them, cut side up, in the prepared baking dish.

In a small bowl mix sugar with the nutmeg and ginger, then work in the lemon zest with the tips of your fingers until the sugar resembles wet, soft sand. Stir in the juice of 1 lemon.

Cover the rolls with a towel and let them rise for an hour or until puffy and nearly doubled. 

Heat the oven to 350°F. Place the risen rolls in the oven and bake for 20-25 mins. Ovens vary so keep watch. 

While the rolls are baking, prepare the frosting. In a mixer or with a hand mixer, whip the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the lemon juice and blend until well combined. Add the powdered sugar and lemon zest and blend until smooth and creamy.

When the rolls are done, smear them with the cream cheese frosting. Serve while warm.

***adapted from Pinterest**

 

Garlic mozzarella pull apart bread

Ingredients

20 frozen white dinner rolls(I used Rhodes but you can use your favorite)

½ C butter, melted

1 C shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

1 tsp dry parsley flakes

1½ tsp garlic powder

½ tsp salt

½ tsp Italian seasoning

½ tsp onion powder

Bundt cake pan

Directions

Let the 20 rolls sit out at room temp for about 40-50mins. 

Then take kitchen sheers or scisors(make sure they're clean...lol) and cut each rol in half. 

Melt the butter. Pour over rolls add all seasonings and 1/2 cup of cheese. Mix this together with your hands. DONT WORRY ABOUT DOUGH STICKING!! 

Spray bundt with nonstick spray. Pull dough apart if sticking(gently) and fill your  bundt with the rolls in a circular direction. Stacking rolls on top of each other and filling spaces. 

Once this is complete top with rest of cheese. Let this sit for about an hour to an hour and a half to double in size. 

CHEAT ALERT: I am very impatient sometimes more so when it comes to wanting to taste my goodies...so I got very restless after letting rest for 30 mins and I preheated my oven to the lowest setting and put the rolls in there while in preheated with oven door cracked...once done preheating I turned the oven off and closed the door. I kept oven light on and kept watch as the dough rose!! 

Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 mins or until golden. Flip out if serving platter and enjoy.....but be careful because they're hot nd anxious hands will be burned!!!!

Honey Butter Rolls

The best rolls ever, honestly they don't last for any leftovers!!! You can either do this by hand or bread machine. Easy to make!! Enjoy....and Eat on. 

MANUALLY:

1 cup lukewarm milk

1/3 cup oil

2 eggs

2 tblsp honey

3.5 cups all purpose flour 

1 tsp salt 

2 1/4 tsp yeast

1. Pour milk into a large mixing bowl and sprinkle the yeast over the top; wait 5 to 10 minutes, or until yeast is foamy. If it doesn't foam then your yeast is "dead", and you need new yeast. This is proofing.
2. Add the eggs, oil, honey, salt, and whisk to combine.
3. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon to incorporate the flour. Dough will be thick, lumpy, bumpy, and not smooth. This is okay. Make a ball with the dough in the center of the bowl. Cover bowl with plasticwrap or a clean towel and place in a warm, draft-free place to rise until doubled about 2 hours.
4. Punch dough down, remove it from bowl, and turn it out onto a well-floured surface. Knead it only as necessary to shape it into balls.
5. Place balls of dough in a sprayed pie plate or baking pan....depending on amount you're making. They can be close to each other, but not too close, 
6. Cover baking dish with plasticwrap or the towel and allow rolls to rise in a warm, draft-free environment for about 30 minutes, until almost doubled in size. 
7. Preheat oven to 350F.
8. Bake until golden brown.
9. Melt 1/4 cup and 2 tblsp of honey. Brush tops with this once done baking. 

HONEY BUTTER RECIPE

3/4 cup butter, room temp

1/4 cup honey

Mix together and refrigerate until necessary. 

BREAD MACHINE

PUT ALL INGREDIENTS INTO BREAD MACHIME IN THAT ORDER. SET ON DOUGH SETTING AND LET THE MACHINE DO ITS JOB. ONCE DONE START WITH DIRECTION 4.