On A Roll...

Made rolls again today. I was planning on making homemade french bread or bolios, but I forgot that in order to make these things one would need this gross ingredient called shortening. Bleh! I have never cooked with shortening, but I guess now I must (I really want to make homemade bolios).

I guess I should give these rolls a name since I kinda just winged it. lol
Well, lets just call them Honey-Flax Rolls (in my cook book it was called Whole Grain Pan Rolls, but I didn't exactly have some of the ingredients it called for so I improvised) HAHA

Anyways, I was hungry while making them so I had to have a snack. At first I was just thirsty so I grabbed what was left of my wine... but after a few sips I decided that I rather have the last Brownie Cookie. YUM! Those things are irresistible!!! So I dumped out my wine and drank some milk and had my chocolate fix. ;)  (Needless to say it did not help my headache)
Tonight we ate chicken fettuccine Alfredo with steamed broccoli and cauliflower. It was good, but the rolls made it great!


So, my recipe for these new Rolls, which are chillin, rising, in the oven while I type:

Recipe:

1/4 cup Organic Flaxseed Meal

3 1/4-3 3/4 Cup Organic flour

1/2 Cup Old Fashioned Oats (uncooked)

1 Cup water

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup honey (mmmm honey)

2 packages yeast

1 Organic, cage free egg

1tsp salt

Directions:

Melt butter with water and honey in small pan

Cool to 120 degrees

Whisk 1/2 flour, oats, yeast, and salt in a Large mixing bowl

Slowly add warm honey/butter mixture (I spilt mine here, EGD!)

Beat with mixer

Add Egg

Beat for about a minute or so

Add rest of flour slowly till dough forms. (I did this step with a spoon, my mixer WHOMPS!)

Turn the dough out on a lightly floured counter (this step was super messy for me, taking picts and all)

Kneed till dough forms elastic ball, about 5 minutes.

Divide dough in two and stretch about 18 inches (this would be better if it was left to rise for about 20 minutes but whatever this is what I did today)

Cut dough with back of chef knife, into 24 pieces

Roll into balls, Place on cookie sheets to rise for about an hour or until the rolls have doubled in size. (I placed mine in the oven today, I am out of plastic wrap and didn't want to use up my last two dish towels today. Don't worry the oven is off)

Bake at 375degrees for about 15-20 minutes or so. (DON'T BURN THE BOTTOMS)

Yields:2 dozen

First batch, buttered b4 baked.                      Second batch, not buttered. WAY better!

Times I spilled or dropped something: 3, I dropped two rolls and spilt the butter mixture when pouring it into the flour. Don't worry, I didn't use those rolls, I just cut up two larger ones to keep it at 24. :)

Will I make this again? Oh My Goodness YES! These rolls were sooo FLUFFY, I thought the ones I'd been making for the longest were the best, but I was wrong. Today's recipe out did my long time favorite!

Rating: 5/5

Skill level: Beginner, these rolls were easy. (probably because I didn't follow the books recipe, well na it would have been just as easy)

monkey boy thinks he's so strong haha can you tell he dressed himself today lol

My apron I made for Spanish class last semester
It says Besa A La Cocinera
(I had the best teacher last semester, Love it when teachers are there to help you and not just get a pay check)

OH, the kids have been getting into the fridge more since its summer and its gotten quite annoying so we fixed that little problem with a little help from Lowes.



Fridge LOCK! (lets see how long this lasts...)

Gotta love it!

God is soooo good to me!



Brownie Cookies! YUM!

I made two new recipes today, not the smartest thing to make them at once, but hey I had laundry to do. ~yay~

I made such a mess making cookies today. The kids were asleep so it had nothing to do with them, although usually it does. Haha When I was mixing the melted butter/chocolate into the rest of the mix my mixer went crazy! It's one of those cheap ones thats only like $6. Ya, I need to invest in a new one, but I just don't use it enough to justify buying one now. I'd rather get my coveted rice cooker and steamer basket. I cannot wait to begin making bentos for A when school starts. And I'd dying to make tamales!!!<- my randomness hahaha
Well, The cookies turned out great. I took a plate to the apartment office and they loved them, or they said they did. LOL These cookies were soooo sweet. I had to put some of the batter in the freezer because no way could we eat all these cookies this week. It made a bunch I made 3 trays I believe. I'll save the rest of the batter for when my bro comes to visit. Yay for not having to make more of a mess when he comes!!! If anyone wants the recipe just leave a comment and I'll post it, I don't feel like getting up right now. Me=lazy. ;)

Ingredients HAHA

This is the stick of Butter, 4 (1 oz. unsweetened chocolate), and 1 cup Organic Chocolate Chips

I made a mess. My mixer is NO GOOD. :/ Good thing I wore a "play shirt"

The Cookie Brownies! I forgot to take a pict of them when they came out of the oven.

Lesson learned: either use a bigger bowl next time or get a proper mixer. Oh and one more thing... The "cookie" dough was way too runny, I had to put the batter in the refrigerator and let it thicken up a bit before doing the second batches and on.
Taste: YUMMY, but very very sweet. I think next time I'll only use half the bag of chocolate chips... I dono how that with work with unsweetened chocolate. We shall see.
Health: HAHA I think these cookies were somewhere close to 300 calories per cookie... NOT good. EEEk
Will I make again? Yes, but will freeze half the dough, I don't need so many cookies.

Gotta love it.

God made cocoa, cocoa is yummy!