Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sweet Dinner Rolls

I discovered these rolls a few years ago on Allrecipes.com. They had 5 stars and over 500 reviews. We've been hooked ever since. Rolls have always intimidated me, but not these, they are so easy, you just put all the ingredients in your bread maker and it does all the work! I usually make a dozen rolls and then make cinnamon rolls with the rest. YUM!!


Ingredients:

Place in bread machine pan in this order:

1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees)

1/2 cup warm milk

1 egg

1/3 cup butter, softened

1/3 cup white sugar

3 3/4 all-purpose flour

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp. from jar)

Directions:

Place ing. in bread machine. Put on dough cycle. Mine takes about 1 1/2 hours. When cycle is done, shape dough into balls and place on greased pan. You can also roll dough out into a circle shape and spread with butter and cut into wedges and make croissant shaped rolls. I brush soft butter on top of mine before and after I bake them. Cover and let them rise on pan for about 30 minutes before you bake. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10-12 minutes.


Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Banana Crumble Snack Cake

I always seem to have overly ripe banana's on hand and am always looking for new recipes to try with them. This is from EMILY's BLOG and it is Divine!



Ingredients:
1/2c butter, softened
3/4c brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs
2 large, ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 heaping tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3/4c flour
1 1/4c old-fashioned oats (not quick)

For the topping:
3/4c old-fashioned oats
1/3c brown sugar (packed)
1 Tbsp flour
4Tbsp butter, softened

Directions:
Cream butter and brown sugar for the cake. Mash bananas, and add to creamed mixture. Add eggs, one at a time, beating till fluffy after each addition. Sift together salt, baking soda, and flour into the cake. Stir in oats and mix till just combined. Pour into a sprayed 9" cake pan or springform.Mix up the topping by whisking together the oats, brown sugar, and flour. Cut in the butter until a crumbly mixture forms. Sprinkle over cake.Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean. I baked mine for more like 45 min. Just keep an eye on it. Run knife around the outside of the cake to loosen it from the sides as it cools.