Yummy Rolls

I borrowed this recipe from my mom, who got it from somebody else, who apparently also got it from somebody else. So I'm not sure where exactly it orginated. But here you go, they are pretty yummy rolls.

2 Yeast Cakes or 4 Teaspoons Yeast
2 Cups Luke Warm Water
1 Cup Butter or Margarine
1 Cup Sugar
6 Beaten Eggs
1 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
8 Cups Flour

Mix yeast with 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 cups of luke warm water. Add melted butter, remaining sugar and beaten eggs. Mix well. Sift in flour and salt. Mix well. let rise at least 2 hours. Stir down and put in fridge overnight.

Separate dough into 4 equal parts. Roll each ball of dough into a large circle. Brush with butter and cut like a pie into 16 pieces. Roll up starting with wide end. Place on buttered cookie sheet, making sure the tail end is next to the pan. let rise 4-5 hours and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Here is what mine looked like on the pans. I did rolls because of what we were using them for.





This is what they looked like after I baked them all.






I ran out of pans because I didn't think I was going to need all the dough and then we did. Enjoy. They are pretty tasty!

Frozen Potatoes

I don't have any pictures, but I've been experimenting with an idea for awhile. I absolutely DETEST throwing potatoes away because I am always using them and I always seem to be throwing them away just to need them the next day. I also hate, almost as badly, paying $1.99 for a 5 lb bag of potatoes when the 10 lb bags are on sale for $1.99. So, I decided that I could peel, dice, and freeze potatoes to be used later. My first experiment turned out okay, but the potatoes started browning before they completely froze and tasted a little funny. The shredded potatoes were nearly a disaster because they had all browned before the freezer got to them. I googled for a solution, and came up with this. I peeled them, diced them or put them through the Salad Shooter, then dunked them in a bowl of cool water mixed with a spoonful of cream of tarter. It worked like a charm! The potatoes are not brown at all, and taste like I just diced them. The shredded ones look pretty too, but we haven't eaten any of those yet. So now I buy the biggest bag of potatoes that are on sale, quart sized bags from Costco, then spend an hour or so freezing potatoes and don't have to worry about it for a few weeks. We have a lot of roasts, so I left some of the potatoes in bigger chunks and just drop a frozen bag in with a frozen roast and dinner is done by the time I get home. Ta-da!