Feather Rolls

Today I tried a recipe from a Ward cookbook from the ward I grew up in (my favorite recipe book, by the way!). They turned out pretty good. Carl said they were the best rolls ever, but I don't believe that. Anywho...here is the recipe if you want to give them a whirl.

My directions below are for use in a Kitchen Aid mixer. But you can make this recipe whichever way you make any other roll recipe and it should work fine. It does call for a lot of yeast, but I had these made, from start to dinner table, in under 2 hours because of the yeast, so if you don't need them right away, you can use half the amount of yeast. (The amount below was the amount in the original recipe).

Feather Rolls

Mix 4 T. yeast, 1/2 c. water, 1 T. sugar. Add 1 c. warm milk, 1/3 c. shortening, 1/3 c. sugar, 2 tsp. salt, 2 c. flour, and 2 eggs. Mix with dough hook JUST until flour is all absorb. Turn to medium and mix for 2 minutes. Add 2-3 cups more flour - until dough barely starts to pull away and clean sides of bowl. Turn your mixer to the speed recommended for mixing bread dough on (mine is speed 2). Mix for 2 minutes. Transfer dough to a greased bowl and coat all sides of dough. Cover with plastic wrap (greased) and let rise in warm kitchen until double in size (if you use the full 4 T. yeast called for in this recipe, this is only about 20 minutes). Punch down and roll out like cinnamon rolls. Spread a little bit of butter over dough and roll up like for cinnamon rolls. Cut in 1-in thick slices. Place each roll in a greased muffin tin. Cover with plastic wrap (greased) again and let rise until double in size. Remove plastic wrap and cook in preheated oven at 425 F for 10-15 minutes. Makes roughly 20 rolls.

LADIES NIGHT - October 3rd, 5:30 pm

On the night of October 3rd, while all the men are at Priesthood Session, I am hosting a LADIES NIGHT at my house for all my lady friends and family members. We will have lots of fun.

I have also made available - if anyone wants to make a vinyl sign of some kind, look around my website: We Cut Vinyl and find a sign you want to do - let me know by WEDNESDAY so I can tell you the cost and I can gather the materials by Saturday. Vinyl signs are just *one* of the things we will be doing, so come anyways even if you do not want to make a craft.

We'll be having a campfire, roasting marshmallows, watching a *women* movie, and just having fun with each other. Come and meet some new people.

See you on Saturday!

Peach Pie

I was given a bag of fresh-from-the-tree peaches this weekend (thank you, Joel!!). I decided I wanted to make a Peach Pie - except I tweeked it a little bit - I took two recipes and formed them into one. I made it with a homemade shortbread crust, and I made it in a square pan, instead of a pie pan. I can't wait to taste it. I know it will be yummy. Here is the recipe and a picture.

Shortbread Crust:

1 c. flour

1/2 c. butter, soft

1/4 c. powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Firmly press into an 8-in square pan. Cook for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees F until light golden brown. Cool before adding pie ingredients.

Peach Pie:

1 baked pie shell (recipe above)

4-5 cups fresh peaches, peeled and sliced (puree 1 c. of these peaches, leaving 3-4 cups in slices)

1/2 c. water

1 c. sugar

1/4 c. cornstarch, mixed with 1/4 c. cold water to dissolve

1 T. lemon juice

pinch of salt

1 T. butter

Mix the 1 c. peaches that have been pureed with 1/2 cup water. Boil in a sauce pan for 4 minutes. Stir in sugar and cornstarch (that has been dissolved in 1/4 c. water). Cook and stir until clear and thickened. Stir in lemon juice, salt and butter. Stir. Cool. Place remaining peach slices in cooled pie shell (in square pan). Pour cooled peach/cornstarch mixture over peaches. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill until firm. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Update Temple Tuesday

Ok, so I over estimated how often I could make it to the temple - realistically. I guess having two internet businesses that always BOOM in the fall, I can't go every week. I just got way behind. So, I am aiming for once a month. I know I can do this. Anyways - have a great September everyone!