Looking for something a little more festive for your holiday meal? Try out these beautiful easy dinner rolls. I’d like take credit for the idea but I have to admit the last time I was making dough my 7-yr old granddaughter wanted me to turn it blue. I wasn’t excited about the idea, I get freaked out thinking my teeth will turn blue, but I let her dye a little bit of dough. I was amazed after it was cooked how beautiful the bread was, so I thought I’d use it in my #boschbakingchallenge for creative rolls and Easter dinner.
I’m sure we are not the first to think of this and I have purposefully avoided searching on Pinterest, so that I can continue to believe that we thought of it first. For Easter we made turquoise, pink, and pastel green rolls, but they were gone before I could snap a pic. So a few days later I made them again to go with the leftover ham & bean soup, another Easter tradition. Again they disappeared but I did manage to take some pics. For this batch we added 4-5 drops of red food coloring and 1 drop of yellow. Such a pretty dough!
This recipe is from a neighbor that I knew years ago. Her name was Barbara, I think, and we lived in San Diego California at the time. Maybe someone will recognize the recipe and we can give the full credit where it’s due. It is a super simple recipe and delicious. The original recipe calls for it to be shaped into a knot and placed on a cookie sheet with space between the rolls. I’ve found you can make regular rolls in a pan, you may have to cook them for a little bit longer. To protect from browning too much you can tent them when they start to brown.
You need to add “2 cups of flour” to the ingredients list.
Thank you Mary