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Dip the dough in butter and then brush more on after they are baked for wonderfully buttery rolls. Bread is one of my favorite food groups and dinner rolls are one of my favorite ways to enjoy it!  If you are in a hurry be sure and try my 30 minute rolls, you really can have homemade rolls in 30 minutes.  I also love this English Muffin Bread as toast for breakfast.  And if you are looking for a fun activity with the kids, try this Bread in a Bag. Traditionally, my mom is the roll maker at our house...

A few months ago I decided I'd like to try baking all our bread instead of buying some of it at the store. I was already baking about half of what we eat, but was tired of getting cheap grocery store bread that was full of junk (and the nice stuff is pricey!!). So I tried out a bunch of different recipes, tweaked my favorite, and baked my heart out. Little did I know that a couple months later, there would be a serious bread shortage in stores! I'm so glad I was already in the habit of baking all...

Can’t go to the grocery store? No problem. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina shares how shop your very own cupboards to create delicious, creative dishes at home By Rosemarie Aquilina Turn this pandemic into a bit of stay-at-home fun by shopping…in your own cupboards! These are all things I regularly do, but since we’re all housebound during this pandemic, I thought I’d share. Ice cream sandwiches Make ice cream sandwiches with leftover waffles from breakfast! Slice ice cream (1/2 inch to 1 inch) and place inside two waffles; wrap individually or place in freezer container in layers with wax paper between each...

For our family, summer means cookouts, and cookouts often mean burgers. We load our burgers up with lots of fun toppings so I don’t have the patience for wimpy burger buns! They need to hold up to a juicy burger with all the fixings. To me, store-bought burger buns just don’t cut it. They get soggy with the first gush of burger juice and squish flat on your first bite. Not to mention, they often don’t taste like anything at all, and they’re typically full of preservatives and other unnecessary ingredients. Bread should be hearty, nourishing, flavorful, and supportive. Not...

If you're from Upstate NY then you know all about Freihofer's baked goods. They're sold in practically every single gas station and grocery store from the Canadian border down to Albany, and probably further south than that. If you're not from Upstate NY, Entenmann's is another common brand, and I believe they are, or at one point were owned by the same company. (Did research, both brands now owned by the Mexican conglomerate Bimbo). Every year around Easter Freihofer's would come out with two variations of Hot Cross Buns. The traditional ones that are basically raisin bread rolls with a...