I love it! I've had it for a few years but only started "playing it" this past year or so. It is amazing! OK, at first I thought it was like every other goofy game out there, but it's not. In the "game" it gives you actually recipes to make, with step by step by step directions of what to do and how to do it. There are even little helpful videos for people who aren't really kitchen smart. lol
Well, in the game I found a recipe for homemade rolls. Awesome! I know. These rolls are the best rolls I have ever made to date. I LOVE ROLLS! Gotta give props to the makers of Americas Test Kitchen. It was a great idea and I love most of the recipes that I have tried. I will try to post on the things that I keep making from there, when I make them. I wish I would have started this blog back when I got the game. I've cooked over 100 times. Oh, that's another thing. The game keeps count on how many times you've cooked, what you've cooked and such. It is AMAZING!
Pros of the game:
It has 300 different recipes
It will keep a shopping list for you if you check the things you need. It will keep up to 20 recipes shopping items.
You can rate each item once you make it.
You can search using key words or specific ingredients
LOVE THIS: you can mark recipes to try on a certain date, so you can plan your meals and you can even click try soon and it will keep it organized for you under the person who wants to cook it. I love that it has a calendar.
Oh ya, it has a timer in the game. I love that, its always set for the time it says on whatever step its on.
Cons of the game:
Sometimes the directions tell you to do steps in a goofy order, I try to go through the steps before cooking to make sure I don't have the oven preheating for an hour or anything else goofy going on.
I think that's the only complaint I have about the game. It was just frustrating learning that it give directions in goofy orders sometime.
OK, so the rolls...
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup milk
10 tablespoons butter (divided 8 & 2)
1 Organic egg
4 cups organic flour
2 tablespoons organic sugar or honey
1 envelope yeast
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1) Heat milk to 110 degrees
2) Melt 8 tbsp butter in pan
3) Beat the egg in a bowl
4)Whisk the 8 tbsp butter and egg with the milk
5) Whisk the 4 cups flour, 2 tbsp sugar, yeast and salt together
6) Mix in the milk mixture till dough is formed
7) Turn out on a lightly floured counter and kneed till dough is smooth
8) Place in a lightly grease bowl and cover. Let rise for 30 min to 1 hr or till its size has doubled
9) Divide the dough into two
10) Stretch each dough piece into about 16 in length11) Using the back side of a knife or a bench scraper (I use my Cutco chef knife) ;) divide into about twelve pieces each, totalling 24 pieces more or less
12) Roll each piece of dough into small balls
13) Place on cookie sheets and let rise again for 30 min to 1 hour (it says to cover with plastic wrap in the game but I usually just leave them oven or cover with a clean dish towel).
14) Heat oven to 375
15) Melt the remaining 2 tbsp butter in pan
16) Brush rolls with remaining 2 tbsp butter and bake about 20 minutes. Now, usually my rolls are done in about 18 minutes, so check the bottoms of the rolls. While they still taste good burned on bottom, no one wants a burnt roll. lol
17) Get your grub on! These rolls are delicious!
 |
| cutting the dough, step 11 for me |
 |
| letting the rolls rise |
 |
| rolls risen w/out butter |
 |
| rolls risen with butter |
Will I try it again? Yes! I love making these rolls for family gathering or whenever I really want bread. I love it because they are so simple to make and it makes a ton, so I always have some to give away. Who doesn't like free fresh baked bread??!!!??
Rating: 5 out of 5
Lesson learned: always check them before the timer goes off, I prefer my rolls without their bottoms burned.
SIDE NOTE: If you already own a Nintendo DS go to your local Game Stop and purchase this game, you will not regret it. I payed $5 for mine and love love love it! Best $5 I have probably ever spent. Oh, I bough one for my baby sister. I don't know if she will ever use it, but maybe she will come spend the night and we can cook together. Making memories!!!
Gotta love it!
God made such yummy bread!
No comments:
Post a Comment