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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...

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...

As a dad, I’ve put in plenty of time at my kids’ hockey games. Without fail, after every game, both my sons love to indulge in the rink food court’s pretzels. They are not good, so we came up with our own recipe. To the uninitiated, making pretzels seems complicated, but it’s actually a pretty an easy way to learn the basics of bread-making. With a simple dough that comes together in minutes, the rest of the process is similar to making homemade bagels: shape, submerge, bake, snack. In the case of super soft pretzels, rather than boiling them, they...

As a dad, I’ve put in plenty of time at my kids’ hockey games. Without fail, after every game, both my sons love to indulge in the rink food court’s pretzels. They are not good, so we came up with our own recipe. To the uninitiated, making pretzels seems complicated, but it’s actually a pretty an easy way to learn the basics of bread-making. With a simple dough that comes together in minutes, the rest of the process is similar to making homemade bagels: shape, submerge, bake, snack. In the case of super soft pretzels, rather than boiling them, they...